USS Carl Vinson in KL to celebrate new year. In a muslim country.

[syed putra]

No chance for me to curi makan in KL. Better stay home. No point competing with Navy and marines.

Carrier USS Carl Vinson Pulls into Malaysia​

Dzirhan Mahadzir
December 30, 2024 4:08 PM

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulls into Port Klang, Malaysia, Dec. 29, 2024. US Navy Photo
Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) docked at the Port Klang Cruise Terminal, Malaysia on Sunday morning just over a month after carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) into the same terminal on Nov. 23.

“This visit marks the second U.S. Navy aircraft carrier visit to Malaysia in just over a month since 2012,” reads a Sunday Navy release.

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is made up of Vinson, cruiser USS Princeton (CG -9) and destroyers USS Sterett (DDG-104) and USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) and the embarked Carrier Air Wing 2.

“Malaysia is a key partner for us in the Indo-Pacific. Our visit reinforces the importance of this partnership to the United States,” said Rear Adm. Michael Wosje, commander, Carrier Strike Group One in the release.
“Visiting Port Klang provides us with an important and unique opportunity to collaborate with our Royal Malaysian Navy counterparts, continuing to build upon our strategic and mutually beneficial partnership, while also providing our sailors well-deserved downtime to explore the area and build connections within the community.”

 

[Loofydralb]

Bullshit excuses. They could have docked in Guam, Philippines, Japan. But they chose KL?

It's the old style gunboat diplomacy. KL nowadays refuses to buy american weapons so some sabre rattling at their doorstep ala ahlong tactics should wake them up.

 

[Rogue Trader]

No more Orchard Tower, no more US sailors in sinkapore

 

[ftan42]

The Chinese fleets are waiting and welcoming the Beekok's carrier and its fleet at the South China Sea. Recently, they have been actively patrolling around their small islands. They conducted air and naval patrols especially around the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

 

[bigozt]

Putrajaya is wary of Kommunist Cina makan them, so they bring in the Yanks, like Sinkie did. Good statesmanship is the art of practicing practicality. And if Bumi leeders too dumb to set own path, copying non-Bumis' smart move is the least they can do. Mudland could have had SG standard of living had they followed LKY instead of Tunku bodoh in '65.