Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Now in the South China Sea

Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed the Port Klang Cruise Terminal in Malaysia on Wednesday, according to the Royal Malaysian Navy. The carrier is now sailing down the Malacca Strait heading to the South China Sea. In other developments a Russian surface action group and a Russian submarine are back again in the South China Sea after completing port visits to Thailand and Malaysia while Japanese forces have tracked several People’s Liberation Army Navy ships sailing near Japan. Lincoln had docked in on Saturday for a four day liberty call following operations in the Central Command area. The carrier’s visit