In addition to warning rivals, the US military is also clearly projecting strength after a coronavirus outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly upended its Indo-Pacific deployment and forced it into port, where it remained for nearly two months. The Department of Defense said in May that it is "concerned by increasing, opportunistic activity by the PRC to coerce its neighbors and press its unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea, while the region and the world is focused on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic." On January 21, 2003, after various reports in the media indicated that a deployment had been ordered, the Navy confirmed that the Theodore Roosevelt Battle. The ongoing dual carrier operations come amid heightened US-China tensions in the South China Sea, where both the US Navy and Air Force has been very active in recent months and where the US and Chinese militaries have had a number of "risky" run-ins. The rhetoric surrounding recent operations is similar to that used for freedom-of-navigation operations and bomber overflights in the contested waterway. January 24, The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, for a week-long port call. Kennedy (CV 67) BG as Commander, Task Force (TF) 60, in the Mediterranean Sea. US Navy Photo This post has been updated to include additional information from Combined Joint Task. JanuUSS Theodore Roosevelt Battle group relieved USS John F. The US has repeatedly accused China of challenging international norms through aggression and coercion, especially in the South China Sea. Helicopters fly from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on April 13, 2015.
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