Business Insider: US Navy flexes with 2 carriers near China as report warns that Beijing's missiles could sink them
* The US Navy has been checking China's growing military dominance in the Pacific with aircraft carriers, but a new US government report says they could be sitting ducks for Chinese missiles.
* The report highlights "China's anti-access/area-denial capabilities," or Beijing's ability to use long-range missiles to keep US systems, like aircraft carriers, out of the combat zone.
* China has purpose-built missiles to destroy US aircraft carriers, and lots of them. The US government called for swift action to address the issue — or the US could lose its next war.
The US Navy just released an impressive video of two of its aircraft carriers exercising in the Philippine Sea, but a new report from the US government said these massive floating air bases could be sitting ducks for Chinese missiles.
The USS Ronald Reagan and the USS John C. Stennis carrier strike groups conducted "high-end dual carrier operations" during the training in November, a US Navy statement said.
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WNU Editor: Cool video (see above).
More News On A Carrier Strike Groups From The USS Ronald Reagan And The USS John C. Stennis Now Operating Near China
Ronald Reagan, John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Operate in Philippine Sea -- Navy.mil
Ronald Reagan, Stennis carrier strike groups train together in Philippine Sea -- Stars and Stripes
US carriers conduct warfare drills in Philippine Sea to ‘support free and open Indo-Pacific’ -- SCMP
VIDEO: Reagan, Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Conduct Dual Operations In Philippine Sea -- USNI News
Stennis joins forward deployed carrier Reagan in Philippine Sea -- Kitsap Sun
Photos: Two Carriers Join Forces in Philippine Sea -- Maritime Executive
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