Well thanks, I’m apparently in need of a refresher course on time and direction. But then being slow seems to happen far too often nowadays.
https://truepundit.com/us-navy-stands-ground-issues-chilling-statement-chinese-military/
The U.S. Navy is standing its ground and said it will not leave the South China Sea despite new Chinese military facilities on artificial islands in the region.
Lt. Cmdr. Hawkins, on board the nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson, said the Navy has carried out routine patrols in the South China Sea for 70 years, and there was no immediate plan to stop those patrols.
Were prepared to conduct a spectrum of operations, whether thats providing humanitarian assistance, disaster relief in the time of an emergency, or whether we have to conduct operations that require us to send strike fighters ashore, Hawkins said. We dont have to use that spectrum, but were ready to, in case we need to.