US carrier begins operating in contested South China Sea

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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.

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