Jeff Smith specializes in South Asia as a research fellow in Heritage s Asian Studies Center. The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the north Arabian Sea, Nov. 17, 2020. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Mass Communication Specialist Elliot Schaudt/U.S. Navy
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The FONOP program, which began in 1979, is designed to challenge maritime claims the United States finds inconsistent with international law.
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Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group enters South China Sea
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An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Monday. Photo by Dartañon D. De La Garza/U.S. Navy
April 6 (UPI) The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group entered the South China Sea to conduct routine operations this weekend, the Navy announced on Tuesday. It is great to be back in the South China Sea to reassure our allies and partners that we remain committed to freedom of the seas, Rear Adm. Doug Verissimo, commander of Carrier Strike Group 9, said in a Navy press release.
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The Philippines will push to resolve differences with Beijing peacefully, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday, after Manila’s foreign office threatened to file diplomatic protests for each day that Chinese ships remain moored at a disputed reef in the South China Sea.
This was the president’s first direct comment on the issue since Philippine government officials said that Chinese militia ships were spotted moored together at Whitsun Reef in the Spratly Islands last month.
“We will continue to resolve the issues on Julian Felipe through diplomatic channels and through peaceful means,” Duterte spokesman Harry Roque said, reading a statement from the president that used the Philippine name for Whitsun Reef. “Whatever differences we have with China will not define our bilateral relations.
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US destroyer USS John Finn returns San Diego from maiden deployment 5 April 2021 (Last Updated April 5th, 2021 12:30)
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113) has returned to San Diego after the vessel’s maiden deployment.
John Finn departed with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) for a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Credit: US Navy.
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The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113) has returned to San Diego after the vessel’s maiden deployment.
The DDG-113 vessel returned to San Diego on 2 April.
John Finn is part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.