SECDEF: ‘We’re not going to be stopped by anybody’ from operating in South China Sea

Navy Times: Nobody will stop the U.S. military from operating in the South China Sea, according to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

After U.S. aircraft carriers Nimitz and Ronald Reagan and their strike groups conducted dual-carrier operations in the South China Sea this month, Chinese outlet The Global Times reported that “any US aircraft carrier movement in the region is solely at the pleasure of the PLA,” citing analysts.

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