SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - A US Navy aircraft carrier conducted exercises in the contested South China Sea on Friday (Aug 14), the US navy said in a statement.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SHANGHAI - A US Navy aircraft carrier conducted exercises in the contested South China Sea on Friday , the US navy said in a statement.
"Integration with our joint partners is essential to ensuring joint force responsiveness and lethality, and maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific," US Navy Commander Joshua Fagan, Task Force 70 air operations officer aboard USS Ronald Reagan, was quoted as saying.Washington has criticised Beijing over its novel coronavirus response and accuses it of taking advantage of the pandemic to push territorial claims in the South China Sea and elsewhere.
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