Amid tension between India and China over the Ladakh border dispute in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed in Galwan on June 15, the Indian Navy participated in military exercises with a US Army battle group near the islands. Andaman and Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal.
The US flotilla, led by USS Nimitz, a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and Indian ships carried out maneuvers called PASSEX (approval exercise) to build years of trust between the two forces.
The Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, another aircraft carrier, and four warships have been operating in the disputed South China Sea region to assert freedom of navigation and deter China's expansionist plans.
"I can confirm that USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan are conducting dual carrier operations and exercises in the South China Sea to support a free and open Indo-Pacific," said Lt. Cmdr. Sean Brophy, APR + M, Public Affairs Officer for the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, told ANI news agency.
Earlier this month, Americans responded to an article in the Global Times, a Chinese government spokesman, which appeared to be warning the United States of anti-aircraft weapons.
"China has a wide selection of anti-aircraft weapons such as DF-21D and DF-26 ... The South China Sea is fully within the reach of #PLA; any # US aircraft carrier movement in the region is for the pleasure of the PLA: Analysts, "the post tweeted.
The United States Navy said its aircraft carriers, "operating in the international waters of the South China Sea," were not afraid.
From NDTV News
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