Navy aircraft carrier group moves into contested South China Sea
The USS John C. Stennis, an aircraft carrier, is shown here Feb. 25 in the Philippine Sea. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dakota Rayburn/ U.S. Navy)
The U.S. Navy has dispatched an aircraft carrier and several ships accompanying it into the South China Sea in the last few days, a deployment of thousands of U.S. sailors to a region a top U.S. admiral said last week is increasingly militarized by China.
The USS John C. Stennis, the carrier, arrived in the South China Sea on Tuesday, Navy officials said. It is accompanied by the cruiser USS Mobile Bay and the destroyers USS Stockdale and US
