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Thread: U.S. Aircraft Carriers Operating Near Diao Yu Islands: Time Magazine
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[quote=SWANSEA,478723]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. [/quote]
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