Monday, August 15, 2022

US Navy To Hold Taiwan Strait Transits In The 'Coming Weeks'

USNI News: U.S. Will Continue Taiwan Strait Transits, FONOPs in Western Pacific Despite Growing Tension with China 

U.S. warships will continue to make Taiwan Strait transits and perform freedom of navigation operations in the Indo-Pacific despite the recent Chinese live fire drills, the undersecretary of defense for policy told reporters Monday. 

The U.S. Navy is expected to conduct some freedom of navigation operations in the region in the coming days, Colin Kahl, undersecretary of defense for policy, said during a press briefing. It is important for Beijing to understand that the United States will continue to sail in international waters where it is allowed.  

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