PACIFIC BRAWL: USS Lincoln Crisis Opens Door For China To Do What US Fears Most!

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The U.S. is moving a major aircraft carrier from the Pacific toward the Middle East. Could China see an opening? The USS Lincoln crisis is now raising a much bigger question: Is the Iran war forcing the U.S. Navy to leave a dangerous gap in the Pacific? What You Need to Know USS Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for an exceptionally long period, with Senator Richard Blumenthal citing more than 250 days of deployment and more than 200 days without a port call. USS George Washington is heading toward the Middle East to replace Lincoln. The supplied reporting says this carrier rotation was planned before the latest controversy surrounding Lincoln's conditions. The key strategic issue: George Washington has been operating in the Pacific, meaning a major U.S. carrier asset is being shifted away from a region where Washington is focused on China and its Indo-Pacific allies. That creates a potential Pacific carrier gap — and raises questions about whether China could gain a strategic opport

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