Confusion over Trump’s “armada”

When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the Carl Vinson strike group was in fact heading in the opposite direction

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Apr 8: U.S. Pacific Command chief Admiral Harry Harris reportedly orders CVN-70 Carl Vinson strike group to sail north from Singapore towards Korean Peninsula

Apr 11: Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says Vinson is “just on her way up there” as “prudent
measure”

Apr 12: Trump tells Fox Business Network “We are sending an armada, very powerful”

April 15: U.S. Navy photos show CVN-70 moving through Sunda Strait into Indian Ocean

Apr 18: Pacific Command says CVN-70 had to complete scheduled training with Australia, but was now “proceeding to Western Pacific as ordered”

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Apr 8: CVN-70 departs Singapore

Apr 15: Navy photos show CVN-70 in Sunda Strait

NORTH KOREA

CHINA

JAPAN

SOUTH KOREA

PACIFIC OCEAN

South China Sea

PHILIPPINES

INDIAN OCEAN

Sumatra

Java

I N D O N E S I A

AUSTRALIA

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U.S. Navy handout shows USS Carl Vinson in Sunda Strait on Apr 15

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Sources: Wire agencies 

Picture: Getty Images

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