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Tag: USS Nimitz

Posted inIran

Iran taunts US Navy with drone images of USS Nimitz

by Dave Makichuk September 25, 2020September 29, 2020

US Navy officials played down surveillance drone images released by Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard force that showed the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group as it transited the Strait of Hormuz. Commander Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for US Naval Forces Central Command, would not comment on the images posted by Iranian media and tweeted by the INTELSky military […]

Posted inAnalysis

Pompeo threatens to light the fuse in Persian Gulf

by MK Bhadrakumar September 22, 2020September 25, 2020
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at sail during a live-fire gunnery exercise in the Pacific last June. Photo: US Navy via AFP/Nathan Burke
Posted inJapan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

3 US carrier strike groups will converge in Sea of Japan for joint exercise

by Asia Times staff November 10, 2017February 18, 2020
USS Nimitz (bottom) steaming through the Gulf of Oman. Photo: US Navy via AFP
Posted inBeijing, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka

US sends super carrier USS Nimitz to Sri Lanka in flag-showing visit aimed at China

by Asia Unhedged November 2, 2017February 18, 2020
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inIndia, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Third US carrier enters western Pacific in show of force against North Korea

by Asia Unhedged October 26, 2017February 18, 2020
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the South China Sea on April 9, 2017. Photo: US Navy/Reuters
Posted inBeijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

US deploys third carrier group to Korea as China beefs up border, pleads at UN

by Asia Unhedged May 29, 2017February 18, 2020

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