USS Tripoli Lightning Carrier Forward-Deployed Near China Amid Rising Tensions

A U.S. Navy “lightning carrier” has steamed into waters close to China’s maritime approaches, intensifying Washington’s naval posture in the Indo-Pacific just as tensions over territorial disputes climb. The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), operating with a large complement of F-35B fighter jets, is forward deployed from Japan near the U.S. …