'Peace through strength': Navy sails an aircraft carrier through disputed South China Sea
by Russ Read
| August 07, 2019 02:14 PM
The U.S. Navy sailed an aircraft carrier through the South China Sea in a show of force against China in the midst of disputes over the strategically crucial trade zone.
A group of Filipino generals, officials, and journalists joined the crew of the USS Ronald Reagan to watch F/A-18 fighter jets take off and land on the massive nuclear-powered carrier as it made its way to Manila for a port call. Armed cruisers kept watch a few miles away, the Associated Press reported.
"The motto of this carrier is 'Peace through strength,'" Rear Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of Combined Task Force 70 and Carrier Strike Group Five, told journalists.
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