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Message to Beijing: US carriers still rule Indo-Pacific
By DAVE MAKICHUK
JUNE 15, 2020
In a move considered provocative by China, the US has sent three aircraft carriers to patrol the South China Sea, a move surely intended as a warning as bilateral tensions rise, The Global Times reported.
The three US aircraft carriers, namely the USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, together with other US naval warships and aircraft, are patrolling the Indo-Pacific waters, the Associated Press reported.
It has been nearly three years since so many US aircraft carriers have been simultaneously deployed in the region, the report said, noting this move comes as tensions between China and the US are rising over topics like Covid-19, Hong Kong’s national security law and the South China Sea.
By massing these aircraft carriers, the US is attempting to demonstrate to the whole region and even the world that it remains the most powerful naval force, as they could enter the South China Sea and threaten Chinese troops on the Xisha and Nansha islands as well as vessels passing through nearby waters, Li Jie, a Beijing-based naval expert, told the Global Times.
The three US aircraft carriers, namely the USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, together with other US naval warships and aircraft, are patrolling the Indo-Pacific waters, the Associated Press reported.
It has been nearly three years since so many US aircraft carriers have been simultaneously deployed in the region, the report said, noting this move comes as tensions between China and the US are rising over topics like Covid-19, Hong Kong’s national security law and the South China Sea.
By massing these aircraft carriers, the US is attempting to demonstrate to the whole region and even the world that it remains the most powerful naval force, as they could enter the South China Sea and threaten Chinese troops on the Xisha and Nansha islands as well as vessels passing through nearby waters, Li Jie, a Beijing-based naval expert, told the Global Times.
https://asiatimes.com/2020/06/china-eyes-options-as-us-carriers-patrol-indo-pacific/
Wrong message.