U.S. Aircraft Carriers Operating Near Diao Yu Islands: Time Magazine

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Operating Near Diao Yu Islands: Time Magazine
Oct 4, 2012 18:43
SWANSEA Points: Join Date: Sep 29, 2012 Status: offline	New York Times The United States has sent a powerful fleet of battle-ready aircraft carriers into waters near a disputed island chain controlled by Japan, which calls them the Senkakus, and claimed by China, which calls them the Diaoyu. Time Magazine has reported that two U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle groups and a Marine Corps air-ground task force have begun operating in the Western Pacific. That includes the USS George Washington carrier strike group, which has begun operating in the East China Sea, and the USS John C. Stennis group, which is deployed only slightly further away in the South China Sea. The heavily loaded carriers, weighed down with over 80 warplanes each, have just completed a U.S.-Japan island defense exercise near Guam. Earlier, the U.S. has stated that it will not take sides in territorial disputes between Japan and China, and Beijing has effectively told Washington to stay out of it. Although no warships have been directly involved in the confrontations so far, Chinese vessels have repeatedly entered the waters around the Senkakus, with the Japanese and Taiwanese Coast Guards firing water cannons at each other last week.

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The United States has sent a powerful fleet of battle-ready aircraft carriers into waters near a disputed island chain controlled by Japan, which calls them the Senkakus, and claimed by China, which calls them the Diaoyu.
Time Magazine has reported that two U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle groups and a Marine Corps air-ground task force have begun operating in the Western Pacific.
That includes the USS George Washington carrier strike group, which has begun operating in the East China Sea, and the USS John C. Stennis group, which is deployed only slightly further away in the South China Sea.
The heavily loaded carriers, weighed down with over 80 warplanes each, have just completed a U.S.-Japan island defense exercise near Guam.
Earlier, the U.S. has stated that it will not take sides in territorial disputes between Japan and China, and Beijing has effectively told Washington to stay out of it.
Although no warships have been directly involved in the confrontations so far, Chinese vessels have repeatedly entered the waters around the Senkakus, with the Japanese and Taiwanese Coast Guards firing water cannons at each other last week.

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SWANSEA Points: Join Date: Sep 29, 2012 Status: Offline	China has vowed to continue sending patrol vessels into the disputed area, and Japan has assembled scores of Coast Guard vessels to “defend” the islands. While the U.S. says the deployments and drills are not necessarily related to the tensions over the islands Washington's latest action could have been intended as a warning to both Japan and China not to let tensions escalate further.

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