US plans huge show of force in Pacific

[jmcgowanjm]

Seven aircraft carriers to move within striking distance of China; Taiwan forces slated to join in drill

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,259015,00.html

The Nimitz won't be ready until end of August.

Eisenhower doing RCOH(reactor overhaul).

George Washington in the Persian Gulf.
Joining the GW and Kennedy Strike Groups in Summer
Pulse ‘04 are the strike groups of USS John C. Stennis
(CVN 74), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), USS Harry S. Truman
(CVN 75), USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and USS Ronald
Reagan (CVN 76)

USS CARL VINSON, At Sea (NNS)
http://www.cvn70.navy.mil/

CVN Lincoln part of SummerPulse'04
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04..._lincoln001.cfm

http://www.news.navy.mil/view_gallery.asp?category_id=10

CVN Roosevelt
USS Theodore Roosevelt, according to a U.S. Navy release.
She has deployed aboard the Norfolk, Va.-based carrier in
the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
http://www.onepaper.com/stjohnvi/?v=d&i=&s=Community:People&p=1083385750


Although the statement does not say where the seven CSGs
will exercise, the Status of the Navy website said the USS
Carl Vinson, Abraham Lincoln, John C Stennis and Kitty
Hawk were in the Pacific Ocean as of yesterday.

The USS Enterprise and Harry Truman are in the Atlantic
Ocean while USS George Washington is in the Persian
Gulf.

How expensive is this?
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04724r.pdf