I have been reading some speculate on the recent Nimitz Carrier Strike Group deployment, trying to find something in the tea leaves to explain a 4 month deployment instead of the usual 6 month. In reality, it is basically the exact same deployment the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) had last year, meaning we can expect the Nimitz CSG to participate in similar activities like Foal Eagle 2008.While some are speculating this might have something to do with the upcoming elections in Taiwan, I don't think one has much to do with the other. The Nimitz Strike Group is composed as follows:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
USS Princeton (CG 59)
USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53)
USS Higgins (DDG 76)
USS Chafee (DDG 90)
This looks a lot like a strike group more likely to hang around Japan and South Korea than Chiina and Taiwan, but that is just one persons observation.
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