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As the political scientists Brendan Rittenhouse Green and Caitlin Talmadge wrote in Foreign Affairs in June 2022, such a system could give China a rough location for aircraft carriers.
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Jonathan Caverley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
One of China's aircraft carriers practiced breaking through a strategic Western Pacific choke point this week, but the United States and a security treaty ally were waiting on the other side.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The Lincoln strike group is currently in the South China Sea and may take some time to arrive in the Middle East to replace the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently off the coast of Oman.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2024
The Lincoln, which has been in the Asia Pacific, had already been ordered to the region to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group, which is scheduled to begin heading home from the Middle East.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
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Jonathan Caverley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
One of China's aircraft carriers practiced breaking through a strategic Western Pacific choke point this week, but the United States and a security treaty ally were waiting on the other side.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The Lincoln strike group is currently in the South China Sea and may take some time to arrive in the Middle East to replace the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently off the coast of Oman.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2024
The Lincoln, which has been in the Asia Pacific, had already been ordered to the region to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group, which is scheduled to begin heading home from the Middle East.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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