US, Australia, Japan and Philippines Launch Joint Naval Maneuvers in Major Show of Force

Big news: 🇦🇺🇯🇵🇵🇭🇺🇸 launch first military exercises together in the South China Sea tomorrow in major show of force against China

To add to @Aaron_MatthewIL’s list—U.S. naval assets underway in the AOR:

• 5-ship Roosevelt carrier strike group (Philippines)
• America amphibious… https://t.co/h4bjirVUPt

— Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) April 6, 2024

To add to @Aaron_MatthewIL’s list—U.S. naval assets underway in the AOR: 

• 5-ship Roosevelt carrier strike group (Philippines) 

• America amphibious ready group; 31st MEU embarked (Philippine Sea) 

• 4-5 destroyers from DESRON 15 (SCS/WESTPAC) 

• A couple of littoral combat ships 

• Command & control ship USS Blue Ridge 

• Expeditionary sea base USS Miguel Keith