The U.S. Positions Warships In Tense Asia-Pacific Waters
March 2, 20183:07 PM ET
Anthony Kuhn
A Navy fighter jet comes in for a landing on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea.
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After a two-hour flight from Manila, Philippines, the tailhook of the C-2 Greyhound cargo plane snagged a cable on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson and went from about 100 miles an hour to zero in a couple of seconds.
The Carl Vinson is the flagship of the first carrier strike group of the U.S. Navy's 3rd Fleet. It operates in tandem with the 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan.
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/02/589876233/the-u-s-positions-warships-in-tense-asia-pacific-waters
