The USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean in 2013.Aiyana S. Paschal/US Navy
Business Insider: 3 US carriers are now in the Pacific amid tensions with North Korea — here's what they bring with them
The US Navy announced on Wednesday that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier had left the Middle East, where it was conducting operations against ISIS, and heading to the Pacific on a previously scheduled visit.
The Nimitz will join two other US aircraft carriers, the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Theodore Roosevelt, amid ongoing tensions with North Korea.
North Korea has not test launched a missile in over a month, but has continued its threats on Guam and even threatened to detonate a nuclear weapon above ground last week.
Here's what the three carriers are bringing to the Pacific.
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WNU Editor: These 3 aircraft carriers will be in the region when President Trump visits Asia next month. This is all about optics.
2 comments:
That region of the Earth needs some freedoms! ;)
Unless Kim pulls a provocation, l think the u.s will hard pressed to hold back if he were to conduct another nuke test or icbm flight.
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