China Shocked! US Aircraft Carrier Warns China's Navy not to mess in the South China Sea

China Shocked! US Aircraft Carrier Warns China's Navy not to mess in the South China Sea

A US Navy aircraft carrier deployed in the South China Sea aims to ensure the “freedom of all nations to navigate in international waters” – a mission that saw it pass 50 nautical miles from a Chinese survey ship operating in Indonesia's exclusive economic zone "or EEZ" this weekend.

Global marine traffic records show the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) sailing in the Natuna Sea off Indonesia early Sunday near where the Chinese survey ship Haiyang Dizhi 10 has been operating since late August.

Unusually, the U.S. supercarrier also broadcast its location, a move that analysts say would be intended to show that it is operating freely in international waters. China claims most of the South China Sea for itself.