America’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, has been deployed to the Red Sea to counter the Houthi threat to shipping there.
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Part of the rationale for acquiring nuclear-powered subs is to counter China’s growing military influence. But the US navy still remains much more powerful than China’s.
While there are good reasons not to exaggerate these events, the bad news is these incidents are almost certain to continue. But we shouldn’t frame them as if we’re in the brink of war.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo wants the country to be a global maritime power.
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