What’s New A United States naval strike group, led by a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was sailing toward the South China Sea on Sunday, according to photos released by the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Seventh Fleet, which has an area of operations that covers the Western Pacific Ocean, confirmed to Newsweek on Monday that aircraft carrier…
China sent all of its operational aircraft carriers to sea this week, while a United States “flattop” remained in the Philippine Sea, a marginal sea in the Western Pacific Ocean. This came as the Pentagon released its annual report on Chinese military power that said Beijing deployed an aircraft carrier beyond the first island chain,…
The United States has deployed the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson to the Philippine Sea, a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, as China conducted military exercises near Taiwan earlier this week. All three of China’s aircraft carriers remained pierside, including two “flattops” that are operational but did not join the war games near Taiwan,…
The United States Navy will enhance the firepower of its fleet of fast and agile warships, making them capable of launching long-range missiles while deployed in the contested South China Sea. Announcing the upgrade, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said it would apply to the relatively small Freedom-class and Independence-class littoral combat ships. Both…
Bob Fernandez thought he would go dancing and see the world when he joined the US Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. In August 1941, at the age of 17, Bob Fernandez enlisted in the U.S. Navy with the intention of seeing the globe and dancing(AP) Four months later, he found…
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. Four months later he found himself shaking from explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so his ship’s guns could return fire on Japanese planes…
The United States has positioned three aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific Ocean this week, including two “flattops” underway in the region during their deployments. Meanwhile, all three Chinese aircraft carriers were pierside at two bases and a shipyard. A Japanese helicopter destroyer, bearing the same name as an aircraft carrier that took part in…
A Chinese student arrested in South Korea for illegally taking drone footage of a United States aircraft carrier is a model Communist Party member, local media reported. The incident happened on June 25 when USS Theodore Roosevelt, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, docked at the Naval Operations Command of South Korea in Busan, a port…
A U.S. aircraft carrier entered the contested South China Sea this week, following a surge deployment that had seen it retasked to the Middle East for combat operations. In China, two aircraft carriers were spotted underway in the country’s coastal waters. A Japanese destroyer, bearing the same name as an aircraft carrier that took part…
The United States has upgraded its naval power to keep China at bay by deploying an advanced nuclear-powered submarine to a key Pacific Ocean strategic outpost. The USS Minnesota, a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, and about 140 sailors arrived at their new home at Naval Base Guam on Tuesday. The U.S. Navy said it stationed the…