South China Sea

China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei assert overlapping territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea.

Shared maritime domain awareness networks and rapid-response systems are policy measures proposed to deter provocations and strengthen collective security in disputed maritime regions such as the South China Sea.

As of 2025-10-28, China has been asserting greater control in the South China Sea.

Carrier Strike Group 11 routinely conducts freedom-of-navigation and maritime security operations in the South China Sea.

The South China Sea is a maritime region that has become increasingly contested amid rising tensions between the United States and China.

China has increased efforts to assert control over maritime areas in the South China Sea.

A 2016 international arbitration ruling found that China's maritime claims to virtually the entirety of the South China Sea were invalid under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Carrier Strike Group 11 is centered on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and conducts freedom-of-navigation and maritime security operations in the South China Sea.