The Hill: US sends carrier through disputed South China Sea amid tensions with Beijing
The U.S. military sailed an aircraft carrier through the South China Sea on Tuesday in a show of force against Chinese aggression, The Associated Press reported.
The Navy flew a group of Philippine generals, officials and journalists to the USS Ronald Reagan to watch F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets land and take off by catapult while the ship was en route to Manila for a port visit.
Armed cruisers were in the vicinity to keep watch a few miles from the carrier.
“The motto of this carrier is peace through strength,” Rear Adm. Karl Thomas told journalists.
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