Tensions Heat Up In South China Sea As US And China Conduct Military Exercises (Update)

The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) transit the South China Sea on July 6, 2020. US Navy Photo

USNI News: U.S., Chinese Navies Hold Dueling Exercises in the South China Sea

The U.S. and Chinese navies are holding competing naval exercises in the South China Sea, as the Beijing accuses Washington of militarizing the region.

On Saturday, the U.S. Navy’s Reagan and Nimitz carrier strike groups transited from the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea and held the first dual-carrier drills there since 2014.

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and its strike group have been involved in near-constant dual-carrier strike group operations since June 21, first with the Theodore Roosevelt CSG and then the Reagan CSG.

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) operated with Nimitz in the Philippine Sea. The exercises follow a lull in U.S. carrier operations in the Western Pacific while Theodore Roosevelt was sidelined in Guam dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak.

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WNU Editor: China has already commented on this US Navy exercise .... China says U.S. sent ships to South China Sea to flex its muscles (Reuters). More here .... The U.S.' South China Sea naval drills are both a provocation and a distraction (CGTN)

More News On U.S. And China Conducting Military Exercises In The South China Sea

Tensions heat up in South China Sea as US makes significant show of force -- CNN
Two U.S. aircraft carriers are operating in the South China Sea; Air Force B-52 joins them -- Navy Times
US increasing naval presence in South China Sea as check on China -- NYPost
B-52 bomber joined dual-carrier exercise in the South China Sea, Air Force says -- Stars and Stripes
Beijing slams US for ‘flexing muscles’ in South China Sea as aircraft carriers sent to ‘celebrate Independence Day’ -- RT