LONDON/BERLIN -- Germany, France and other European countries are deploying ships and aircraft to the Pacific at an unprecedented scale, joining Japan and the U.S. on exercises in the South China Sea, in a show of force to counter China and Russia.
Indo-Pacific
Germany, France to send naval and air forces to Indo-Pacific
European vessels to participate in U.S.-led South China Sea exercise
German ships departed for the Pacific from the northern port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on May 7. © Reuters
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