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April 27, 2019

200,000 Tons of Diplomacy: 2 Navy Aircraft Carriers Are Making a Statement in the Mediterranean

Russia and others need to take notice.
by James Holmes

Geopolitics maven Nicholas Spykman would nod knowingly at this week’s NATO naval operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

Two U.S. Navy aircraft-carrier task forces met in the middle sea for maneuvers in company with vessels and aircraft from Spain, France, and Great Britain. U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. boarded USS Abraham Lincoln to observe the festivities. Huntsman fashioned the catchphrase for the operation, styling it “200,000 tons of diplomacy . . . cruising in the Mediterranean.” Spykman would regard the enterprise as the latest round in a struggle for maritime supremacy that dates to antiquity. Only the contestants change.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/200000-tons-diplomacy-2-navy-aircraft-carriers-are-making-statement-mediterranean-54517