Both the U.S. and China have aircraft carriers underway in different parts of the Pacific Ocean.
Three U.S. Navy aircraft carriers remained underway in the Pacific Ocean this week while two others were undergoing a 'carrier swap' on the West Coast of the United States.One of China's 'flat-tops' concluded its 10-day operations in waters beyond the first island chain, a series of strategic chokepoints connecting the U.S.-allied economies of Japan in Northeast Asia, Taiwan, and the Philippines in Southeast Asia.
News, run by the U.S. Naval Institute, reported that the ship began a Pacific deployment on July 11.USS Nimitz: Eastern Pacific OceanThe lead ship of the 100,000-ton Nimitz-class supercarriers visited Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, from July 18-22, according to ship spotters. Photos provided by the Navy showed it conducting flight operations in the Third Fleet area as of Tuesday.
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