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US Navy flexes with 2 carriers near China as report warns that Beijing's missiles could sink them

The US Navy has been checking China's dominance in the Pacific with aircraft carriers, but a new US report says they could be sitting ducks.

  • The US Navy has been checking China's growing military dominance in the Pacific with aircraft carriers, but a new US government report says they could be sitting ducks for Chinese missiles.
  • The report highlights "China’s anti-access/area-denial capabilities," or Beijing's ability to use long-range missiles to keep US systems, like aircraft carriers, out of the combat zone.
  • China has purpose-built missiles to destroy US aircraft carriers, and lots of them. The US government called for swift action to address the issue

The US Navy just released an impressive video of two of its aircraft carriers exercising in the Philippine Sea, but a new report from the US government said these massive floating air bases could be sitting ducks for Chinese missiles.

The USS Ronald Reagan and the USS John C. Stennis carrier strike groups conducted "

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Here's the video of the carriers training in the Philippine Sea:

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