Chinese satellites track U.S. carrier group crossing South China Sea

Chinese commercial imagery company MizarVision released satellite images it says show the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group crossing the South China Sea on November 4. The company identified the carrier, cruiser USS Chosin and destroyer USS Roosevelt, while a separate US Navy photograph showed Theodore Roosevelt alongside Australian replenishment ship HMAS Stalwart. The Navy confirmed routine operations in the Seventh Fleet area without disclosing precise coordinates, so the commercial identification remains distinct from official location confirmation. The carrier departed San Diego on September 27 for a deployment toward the Middle East, with arrival expected by the end of November.