CHINA-US: US NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER ROOSEVELT CONDUCTS FONOPS NEAR NANSHA ISLANDS
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CCTV (February 20) reported that the US aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt's battle group carried out a "comprehensive exercise" where "the SEALs provided forward target data, the Marine Corps at the expedition base provided missile strike options, and carried aircraft and surface ships of the aircraft carrier battle group" It said "this exercise also added simulated NATO allied forces to the US aircraft carrier battle group for the first time". According to CCTV, the US destroyer Russell "broke into our Nansha Islands" (Spratlys) on the 17th, claiming to carry out the so-called "freedom of navigation" operation". The CCTV report had the headline "the Roosevelt "carrying poison" into the South China Sea".
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