US Aircraft Carrier Arrives in South Korea Amid Regional Tensions

Published on June 22, 2024

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and her strike group have arrived in South Korea for joint naval exercises in the wake of a new mutual defense pact between Russia and North Korea. The warships entered the naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Saturday morning local time, the South Korean Navy said in a statement. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is escorted by a pair of Aegis-equipped destroyers, the USS Halsey and USS Daniel Inouye. The carrier strike group will participate in a new multi-domain, trilateral exercise involving Japan later this summer. The exercise, dubbed the Freedom Edge, was announced by the three nations’ defense chiefs in early June at a regional security conference held in Singapore....

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