A U. S. aircraft carrier deployed to the contested South China Sea over the weekend in what the Navy called routine operations. The carrier Carl Vinson, as well as other ships and assets in the strike group, began operating in the South China Sea on…
A U. S. aircraft carrier deployed to the contested South China Sea over the weekend in what the Navy called “routine operations. ”
The carrier Carl Vinson, as well as other ships and assets in the strike group, began operating in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to a Navy release. The group had previously been conducting training in the water around Hawaii and Guam.
A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry reportedly denounced the deployment of U. S. assets to the body of water.
“China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters,” he said, according to USA Today. “China respects and upholds the freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea which countries enjoy under international law, but firmly opposes any country’s attempt to undermine China’s sovereignty and security in the name of the freedom of navigation and overflight.
