US Carrier Patrols Off Korean Peninsula in Warning to Pyongyang

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 Oct. 18, 2017. Kenneth Abbate/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

ABOARD USS RONALD REAGAN, Sea of Japan—The USS Ronald Reagan, a 100,000-ton nuclear powered aircraft carrier, patrolled in waters east of the Korean peninsula on Thursday, in a show of sea and air power designed to warn off North Korea from any military action.

The U.S. Navy’s biggest warship in Asia, with a crew of 5,000 sailors, sailed around 100 miles, launching almost 90 F-18 Super Hornet sorties from its deck, in sight of South Korean islands.