U.S. Sends Second Carrier to Asia Amid Tensions with China -- Washington Free Beacon

China demands end to U.S. surveillance flights.

The Navy is sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Asia Pacific region amid new tensions with China over a dangerous aerial encounter between a Chinese interceptor and Navy P-8 surveillance craft.

The strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson departed San Diego for the Pacific on Friday, the Navy said in an announcement of what it terms a “planned” deployment.

China’s military on Saturday, meanwhile, demanded an end to all U.S. monitoring flights and called U.S. criticism of dangerous Chinese jet maneuvers false.

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My Comment: The final destination for this carrier group is the Middle East .... but it looks like they are going to do a brief stop in Asia.