A U.S. Carrier Strike Group Is Sailing Around the South China Sea

Popular Mechanics 16 hours ago 
The U.S. Navy has sent a carrier strike group into the South China Sea, sending quite a bit of boat into the heavily contested waters. In a press release put out by the Navy's 7th Fleet today, it was announced the Nimitz-class USS John S. Stennis, the guided-missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Stockdale, the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay, and the supply ship USNS Rainier are all conducting "routine operations" in the South China Sea. The press release didn't fail to mention, however, that Chinese ships have been spotted during these maneuvers. "We have Chinese ships around us that we normally didn't see in my past experience," said Capt. Greg Huffman, Stennis' commanding officer. ...

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