USS Ronald Reagan Deployed in Military Drills Near North Korea
North Korea responds with threat of nuclear war
The Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stethem steam alongside ships from the Republic of Korea Navy in the waters east of the Korean Peninsula on October 18, 2017. Picture taken on October 18, 2017. Kenneth Abbate/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
The United States launched a large-scale military drill in waters east of the Korean peninsula on Oct. 18 in a show of force amid threats of nuclear war from North Korea.
The USS Ronald Reagan—the U.S. Navy’s largest warship in the region, with a crew of 5,000 sailors—launched nearly 90 F-18 Super Hornet sorties from its deck during the war drills with its South Korean ally.
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