Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 21.

They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.

Asia Pacificcategory China's military says it drove away Philippine aircraft near Spratly Islands 4:01 AM UTC Asia ... Vietnam government publishes map of its Gulf of Tonkin baseline 9:37 AM ...