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The Joint Staff Office under the Defense Ministry of Japan reported the movement of Chan's second operational aircraft carrier, CNS Shandong, and two warship escorts in waters east of the northern Philippines.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The shifts are likely to result in an overall decrease in the total number of U.S. troops in the Middle East, largely because an aircraft carrier contains as many as 5,000 sailors.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, took part, as did a significant number of vessels from China’s coast guard, the largest in the world.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
Unwilling to pay the price of backing away, the Biden administration wound up committing the United States more deeply to the Middle East, including by proposing a defense treaty with Saudi Arabia and sending aircraft carriers and 6,000 additional U.S. personnel to the region.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The shifts are likely to result in an overall decrease in the total number of U.S. troops in the Middle East, largely because an aircraft carrier contains as many as 5,000 sailors.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, took part, as did a significant number of vessels from China’s coast guard, the largest in the world.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
Unwilling to pay the price of backing away, the Biden administration wound up committing the United States more deeply to the Middle East, including by proposing a defense treaty with Saudi Arabia and sending aircraft carriers and 6,000 additional U.S. personnel to the region.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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