Map Shows US and China's Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Story by Ryan Chan • 7h
Three U.S. aircraft carriers were underway in the Pacific Ocean this week, with one beginning a voyage to Japan as it shifts its home port from the West Coast to the Asian nation, joining U.S. forward-deployed military forces there.
Elsewhere, two aircraft carriers from China were operating in the South China Sea at the same time. Another Chinese aircraft carrier, which has yet to enter into service, remained at a shipyard following sea trials last month.
A Japanese vessel currently undergoing conversion into a light aircraft carrier remained on the U.S. West Coast for flight testing with fighter jets.
Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. As of October 18, the locations of at least nine aircraft carriers were publicly available via military disclosures or open-source satellite imagery. The U.S. has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet with 11 in service. China ranks second with three ships.
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