Guided-missile destroyer USS Carney enters Black Sea ‘for maritime security operations’

The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney has entered the Black Sea for maritime security operations, the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet has said. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney entered the Black Sea on August 12, “in order to conduct maritime security operations and enhance capability and interoperability with allies and partners in the region,” according to the statement. The ship’s operations are meant “to enhance maritime security and stability, and combined readiness and naval capability with Black Sea allies and partners,” the statement read. The destroyer previously entered the Black Sea in January when it participated in joint drills with the Ukrainian Navy, Sputnik said.