Two U.S. destroyers conducted routine maritime operations in the Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean.
Two American destroyers, armed with missiles, were sent by an aircraft carrier group to the Barents Sea on Monday, conducting maritime operations on Russia's Arctic doorstep.The United States destroyers, USS Jason Dunham and USS Stout, are part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, the U.S. Sixth Fleet announced on Wednesday. They were underway in international waters in the Barents Sea for routine maritime operations.The Sixth Fleet is one of the numbered fleets in the U.S.
Each of them is armed with a naval gun, 90 to 96 different types and ranges of missiles, as well as torpedoes.The Barents Sea presented a great opportunity to reinforce warfighting readiness in the Arctic, said Commander Aaron Jefferson III, commanding officer of the Jason Dunham.This was not the first time the U.S. deployed warships in the Barents Sea, where it had sent three destroyers in 2020 for operations with a British warship. The U.S.
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