The official blamed the mixup on a lack of follow-up with commanders overseeing the movements of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier. Castellano)Ī senior administration official blamed a miscommunication between the Pentagon and the White House over reports that the aircraft carrier has not made its way to the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, as an expected show of force to North Korea. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Sunda Strait off Indonesia on April 15, 2017. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Īs the White House was talking about sending a naval “armada” to the Korean peninsula, the very ships in question were on their way to participate in military exercises in the Indian Ocean, some 3,500 miles in the opposite direction. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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