Saturday, February 6, 2021

A Day After Sailing By Taiwan US Destroyer Sails By Disputed Islands In The South China Sea

FILE PHOTO: US Navy personnel raise their flag during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 2014, a U.S.-Philippines military exercise, aboard USS John S. McCain in the South China Sea near waters claimed by China June 28, 2014. © REUTERS / Noel Celis 


 * The US Navy destroyer USS John S. McCain on Friday challenged China's claims in the South China Sea. 
 * The move, which frustrated Beijing, followed a Taiwan Strait transit by the McCain on Thursday. 
 * Biden said on Thursday the US would confront China's "coercive" and "aggressive" actions. 

A US warship sailed on Friday near Chinese-controlled islands in the South China Sea, challenging Beijing's sweeping territorial claims for the first time under the Biden administration. 

The Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands during a routine freedom-of-navigation operation (FONOP) to "assert navigational rights and freedoms," Lt. Joe Keiley, a 7th Fleet spokesman, said in a statement Friday. 

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2 comments:

kidd said...

Chinese gotta everything to lose everything

kidd said...

Chinese gotta everything to lose everything