The Navy’s Triple-Carrier Pacific Deployment Was an Accident, Not a Power Play

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The greatest concentration of American naval power in a decade is the result of a scheduling accident—not a power play by the president.

Published Nov. 13 2017 5:00AM EST

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The greatest concentration of American naval power in a decade is an accident of scheduling and navigation, according to the U.S. Navy.

But the coincidental convergence of three nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and their warplanes and escort ships on the Pacific Ocean in early November lends military heft to President Donald Trump’s...

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The Navy’s Triple-Carrier Pacific Deployment Was an Accident, Not a Power Play

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The Navy’s Triple-Carrier Pacific Deployment Was an Accident, Not a Power Play

The greatest concentration of American naval power in a decade is the result of a scheduling accident—not a power play by the president.

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