Tokyo: Three US aircraft carriers will stage joint drills in the western Pacific for the first time in a decade, the US Navy said, as tensions in the region over North Korea reach fever pitch.
The USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt will conduct “coordinated operations in international waters”, the navy yesterday said, as US President Donald Trump’s high-stakes trip through Asia takes him to China. — AFP
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