2 US aircraft carriers conduct exercises in South China Sea as Beijing flexes its muscle in region

Two combat carriers are conducting dual-carrier operations and exercises in the South China Sea to support a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’, says the US.The exercise is long-planned but comes as China conducts military drills of its own in the area, near the contested Paracel Islands, exercises that have been criticised by the US and other countries

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