12) The #USNavy #USSRonaldReagan carrier group is in the #SouthChinaSea right now, but frankly, it's presence there doesn't provide real deterrence.

In the era of hypersonic missiles, I don't have much faith in aircraft carriers, at least until there are effective lasers.

#US Pacific Fleet:

#US SRonaldReagan Carrier Strike Group returns to the #SouthChinaSea

#US Navy
#NavalLethality
#NavyReadiness
#ForgedByTheSea
#ForceToBeReckonedWith
#FreeandopenIndoPacific
👍💪⚓️🇺🇸⚓️💪👍

一触即発、日本も対岸の火事ではない...
#USSRonaldReagan
#台湾有事は日本有事 #ChinaJapanFact

1️⃣ #USSCarlVinson USS Carl Vinson and #USSRonaldReagan USS Ronald Reagan transit 7th Fleet.
2️⃣ #USSEssex #FLTOPS U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet.
3️⃣ #USSJeffersonCity #SSN759 returns Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
4️⃣ Sailors from #USSJohnSMcCain volunteer San Francisco-Marin Food Bank during Fleet Week SF.
ℹ️ & 🔽: go.usa.gov/xM7xS

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier coming into Yokosuka, Japan - December 16, 2022 #ussronaldreagan #cvn76

SRC: RED-XMGAU / TW-unknown

The forward-deployed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier #USSRonaldReagan (CVN 76) is prepared for an underway replenishment as it approaches the fleet replenishment oiler #USNSTippecanoe (T-AO 199) in the Philippine Sea.

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Satellite captures the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier and #USSRonaldReagan CVN-76 in the Tsugaru Strait and the Philippine Sea.
#OSINT

#ABD , Güney #Çin Denizi’nde tartışmalı adalar yakınlarında #USSRonaldReagan ve #USSNimitz uçak gemi grubunun katıldığı tatbikat gerçekleştiriyor.
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#USNavy carrier & flat top groups deployed in the area of the first island chain as part of preparations for Pelosi's visit to #Taiwan

The #USSRonaldReagan carrier group is near the Philippines, while the America & Tripoli amphibious assault groups are between Taiwan & Japan

1️⃣ #USSRonaldReagan USS Ronald Reagan #FLTOPS and 2️⃣ ordnance handling U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
3️⃣ #USSKearsarge fires a RIM-116A missile in the Atlantic Ocean.
4️⃣ U.S. Marines launch an RQ-20B Puma Camp Pendleton.
ℹ️ & 🔽: go.usa.gov/xMfrn

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Sailors conduct a vertical replenishment aboard #USSRonaldReagan (USS Ronald Reagan) while operating in the #PhilippineSea in support of a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier leaving Yokosuka, Japan - May 23, 2023 #ussronaldreagan #cvn76

SRC: TW-MICHIYA MURATA

China has a wide selection of anti-aircraft carrier weapons like DF-21D and DF-26 'aircraft carrier killer' #missiles . South China Sea is fully within grasp of the #PLA ; any US #aircraftcarrier movement in the region is at the pleasure of PLA: analysts. bit.ly/2NVvNSk

Aircraft from U.S. Pacific Fleet #CarrierAirWing5 and #CarrierAirWing17 fly in formation over the 7th Fleet #USSNimitz and @USSRonaldReagan Carrier Strike Groups #CSF . #ForgedByTheSea #NavalReadiness #FreeandOpenIndoPacific .

Boosting readiness aboard USS Ronald Reagan 💉 😷
#SinkCOVID

Sailors aboard #USSRonaldReagan (CVN 76) receive COVID-19 booster shots and conduct COVID-19 tests.

📷 MC3 Class Daniel G. Providakes

#China ’s official threat to #USNavy #USSRonaldReagan & #USSNimitz .
But can #PLA really locate them?

#USSRonaldReagan and USS Shiloh steam through the South China Sea with Singapore Navy stealth frigate RSS Intrepid #FriendsPartnersAllies

空母ロナルド・レーガン出港

あいにくの曇り空でしたが、
チャレンジして良かったです(*´ー｀*)

『左奥に見えるのが、アメリカ海軍の原子力空母ロナルド・レーガンです』
とフェリーの乗組員さんがアナウンスして下さったのが印象的でした🎤

#USSRonaldReagan
#東京湾フェリー

A watchful eye.

A U.S. Navy sailor stands watch aboard #USSChancellorsville during a replenishment with #USSRonaldReagan in the Philippine Sea.

Welcome home! 🎉 ⚓

Aviators assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 return to MCAS Iwakuni after deploying to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet & 7th Fleet while embarked aboard #USSRonaldReagan (@Gipper_76)

Duan Dang #USSRonaldReagan #CVN76 left #Yokosuka harbour for one week shake down drills on 12 May 23:01:37:24 UTC. Discerned in Harbour on 22 May 23:01:37:27 UTC.FCC for better visualization. #CVN76 left for further deployment AM 23 May 23. MT Anderson Suresh MD Charlie B Rajesh Pendharkar

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