NBC News: US Navy sends ships to Russia’s Barents Sea for first time since 1980s
This handout photo taken and released by the US Navy on June 1, 2017 shows the Carl Vinson strike group, including the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70-in foreground), during a joint navel drill with the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76-in background) and Japanese ships in the Sea of Japan (also known as the East Sea), off the Korean peninsula where a North Korean missile landed during a test fire on May 29. - A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula on June 1, in an apparent show of force days after the latest North Korean ballistic missile test.