Trump sender tre Carrier Strike Groups til Nordøst Asia - CNN

U.S. Deploys Three Carrier Strike Groups To Korean Peninsula

 

 

These deployments do not necessarily mean the U.S. is preparing for war. They do, however, elevate the risk of conflict in East Asia. The U.S. is enhancing its forward position in and around North Korea. Three U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups are en route to the Western Pacific, where they’ll conduct a combined exercise in middle November. Such a concentration of force is rare. The last time three U.S. carrier strike groups convened for a combined deployment was in 2007. This forward deployment will give the U.S. force projection capabilities within striking distance of North Korea. The U.S. Air Force, meanwhile, has declared that, for the very first time, it is going to send a squadron of a dozen F-35A stealth fighter jets to Kadena Air Base in Japan in early November for a six month deployment. Stealth fighters would be prominent fixtures in any U.S. attack on North Korea.