The U.S. Navy has dispatched an aircraft carrier and several warships accompanying it into the West Philippine Sea.
The USS John C. Stennis, the carrier, arrived in the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday, US Navy officials said. It is accompanied by the cruiser USS Mobile Bay and the destroyers USS Stockdale and USS Chung-Hoon, said Navy Cmdr. Clay Doss, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Doss said the carrier is carrying out a routine patrol of the West Philippine Sea, where China has in recent weeks moved Chinese fighter jets, military radar and surface-to-air missiles.
It is not clear if or when any of the ships will complete any freedom of navigation patrols.
source: tankler
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