The Pentagon has ordered the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group to “remain on station” to monitor China’s ongoing military maneuvers in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the White House announced Thursday.
The strike group will conduct air and maritime transits through the Taiwan Strait “in the next few weeks,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
Mr. Kirby also said the Pentagon has rescheduled a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile test launch scheduled for this week, given the escalation.
“As China engages in destabilizing military exercises around Taiwan, the United States is demonstrating instead, the behavior of our responsible nuclear power by reducing the risks of miscalculation,” he said.