The Chinese semi-official U.S. military tracking agency spotted the Reagan near the Spratly Islands on the 16th and further north on the 17th.
The U.S. Navy confirmed Chinese concerns on the 15th that the Reagan carrier strike group had returned to the South China Sea, and that China’s semi-official U.S. military dynamics tracking agency had spotted the Reagan sailing over the China Sea on the 16th; the U.S. military further released time-lapse footage of the Reagan sailing on the surface and continuing northward.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet Command and the Seventh Fleet Command confirmed on their respective websites that the Reagan ship strike group had returned to the South China Sea on the 15th, the third time this year that the group has operated in the area, and that it included the Fifth Carrier Wing (CVW-5), the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser USS Antietam, and the U.S. Navy’s first U.S.-class missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga. (USS CG 54), USS Halsey DDG-97, and USS John S. McCain, the U.S. military continues to release photos of the exercises on its website.
According to the South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness Initiative (SCS Probing Initiative) at Peking University, the aircraft carrier USS Reagan was spotted southeast of the Central Atoll on Oct. 16, and according to the latest satellite images, the ship continued to head northeast for one day. The USS Reagan was in the western territorial waters of the Philippine island of Luzon at 17.4628 degrees north latitude and 119.1577 degrees east longitude on the 17th.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet Command website released a time-lapse film of the USS Reagan sailing in the South China Sea, with a missile destroyer in front of the ship as the lead ship, steadily carrying out cruising duties in the South China Sea, and U.S. military personnel on the deck shuttling between the ship’s aircraft, continuing to carry out the work at hand until the sun sets in the west, the deck began flashing night warning lights, the U.S. military previously noted that the strike group is dedicated to maintaining U.S. allies and partners, demonstrating naval strength and the ability to respond quickly to any regional contingencies.
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