Return of the Arc of Democracy
The United States sends an aircraft battle group composed of the USS John C. Stennis with escorting destroyers and cruisers on a cruise into the South China Sea. Washington also dispatches B-2 stealth bombers to Guam and floats the idea of rotating heavy bombers to bases in northern Australia.
Meanwhile, China has moved fighter aircraft and surface-to-ai…
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