A F-18E parks on the flight deck of a USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on Thursday, April 11, 2024 during a three-day joint naval exercise by the U.S., Japanese and South Korea at the East China Sea amid tension from China and North Korea. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, Commander of Carrier Strike Group Nine led by the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, stresses the importance of a joint exercise on Thursday April 11, 2024, during a trilateral naval drill among the U.S., Japan and South Korea at the East China Sea. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, Commander of Carrier Strike Group Nine led by the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, stresses the importance of a joint exercise on Thursday April 11, 2024, during a trilateral naval drill among the U.S., Japan and South Korea at the East China Sea. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
A F-18E fighter jet prepares to take off from USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on Thursday April 11, 2024, during a three-day joint naval exercise by the U.S., Japanese and South Korea at the East China Sea amid tension from China and North Korea. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
A F-18E fighter jet prepares to take off from USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on Thursday, April 11, 2024, during a three-day joint naval exercise by the U.S., Japanese and South Korea at the East China Sea amid tension from China and North Korea. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)