How the U.S. Navy Plans to Showcase Its Firepower to China and North Korea
Think carriers.
Dave Majumdar [2]
The United States Navy is set to conduct a massive multi-carrier naval exercise in the Western Pacific starting on November 11.
The massive wargames, which will include no less than three 100,000-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and their accompanying strike groups, will run through November 14.
While the exercise is no doubt designed to be a signal to North Korea, it is almost certainly also designed to send the People’s Republic of China a message. Such a multi-carrier battle force just the type of grouping the U.S. Navy might use in
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