A second U.S. Navy Pacific-based aircraft carrier is 'accelerating' its transition to the Middle East.
A second U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier is accelerating its transit to the Middle East by order of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, creating another 'carrier gap' in the Western Pacific.Earlier this week, meanwhile, one of China's three 'flat-tops' trained for two days in waters near Taiwan and U.S. allies Japan and the Philippines, and NATO member Italy sent its carrier strike group to Guam.
The Ronald Reagan arrived a day earlier for scheduled maintenance after nine years as the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Japan.With no immediate flat-tops available for deployment to the Western Pacific, the Pentagon this week dismissed concerns about any shortage of American sea power in the region.
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