U.S. Navy Warship Again Challenges China's South China Sea Claims

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) steams during the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia 2014 exercise. In its 20th year, CARAT is a series of bilateral naval exercises between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations in South and Southeast Asia. (Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Declan Barnes)

CNN: US warship again challenges China's South China Sea claims

Washington (CNN)The US Navy once again challenged Chinese claims in the South China Sea Thursday, sailing the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mustin near the Paracel Islands.

The US Navy has twice sailed warships in a similar effort to challenge Chinese claims to the Paracel and Spratly islands in the last month and carrying out another such operation near the Paracels in March.

The increased operational tempo comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing on a range of issues including the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to exert greater control over Hong Kong and responsibility for the coronavirus.

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WNU Editor: Beijing is boasting that they evicted this US warship .... PLA expels US warship illegally trespassing into S.China Sea (Global Times).

Update: The U.S. Navy is currently conducting exercises with Singapore in the South China Sea .... US and Singapore navies conduct bilateral exercise in South China Sea (Naval-Technology). More here .... U.S. and Singapore join in South China Sea naval exercises (UPI).