US carrier strike group exits South China Sea days after arriving
Date
3/8/2016 11:10:37 PM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) USS John C. Stennis carrier strike group
The strike group which includes the USS Stennis Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon USS Stockdale and USS William P. Lawrence andTiconderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay arrived in the South China Sea on March 1.
Its appearance in the region came amid rising tensions over China’s decision to deploy HQ-9 surface-to-air missiles to the disputed Woody Island in the Paracel Island chain a move that numerous U.S. officials have described as militarization of the region against international policy.
Navy officials however have maintained that the ships were in the area only for standard operations and that their presence was neither intended as a show of force nor as a formal confrontation of Chinese naval forces. Read more
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