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TWO U.S. aircraft carriers are conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the Navy has said. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan were carrying out operations and exercises “to support a free and open Indo-Pacific" as China conducts its own drills. 3 The USS Ronald Reagan is taking part in drills in the South China Sea Credit: EPA 3 Its sister ship the USS Nimitz is also taking part in the drills Credit: AP:Associated Press The Navy did not say exactly where the exercises were being conducted in the South China Sea, which extends for some 900 miles...