Reuters reported, citing a Japanese official, that the USS John C. Stennis joined nine other naval ships, a Japanese military helicopter and Indian frigates in waters off of the Japanese Okinawan island chain. Four naval ships from India plan to tour the South China Sea and make stops in the Philippines and Vietnam. There are 200 islands that stretch through the East China Sea within 60 miles of Taiwan. The official told Reuters the USS Stennis plans to break away from the other ships to act as a “decoy” to try and draw the spy ship from the naval exercises. A Chinese spy ship shadowed a U.S. aircraft carrier that was joining Japan and India in drills close to waters that China has laid claim to in the western Pacific Ocean.

Source: Fox News June 15, 2016 07:30 UTC