Wicker Statement on Unprecedented Combined China-Russia Naval Exercise Near Alaska
August 08, 2023
August 08, 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023:
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today commented on the ongoing combined China-Russia naval exercises near Alaska:
"The scale and complexity of this Russian and Chinese naval deployment is unprecedented," Wicker said. "While I am glad the U.S. Navy deployed four destroyers and a P-8 aircraft t . . .
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today commented on the ongoing combined China-Russia naval exercises near Alaska:
"The scale and complexity of this Russian and Chinese naval deployment is unprecedented," Wicker said. "While I am glad the U.S. Navy deployed four destroyers and a P-8 aircraft t . . .