South China Sea Controversy: Pentagon Sends USS John C Stennis Aircraft Carrier To Disputed Region

International Business Times Fri, Mar 4 3:49 AM PST 
American aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis is sailing along in the South China Sea, reports said Thursday. The carrier is accompanied by the cruiser USS Mobile Bay and destroyers USS Stockdale and USS Chung-Hoon, according to Navy Commander Clay Doss, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet. Doss told the Washington Post that the carrier is out on a routine patrol in the disputed region. He added that the Navy will regularly be in the South China Sea. It remains unclear if or when the ships will complete any freedom of navigation patrols, the Post reported. Since October, the Navy has conducted two patrols in the South China Sea, including one by guided missile destroyer USS Lassen, which was sent ...

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