#USSBenfold conducts freedom of navigation operation in Spratly Islands: https://t.co/jR6X3cYmj5 #DDG65 @US7thFleet pic.twitter.com/zlZNt1sXQc
— U.S. Pacific Fleet (@USPacificFleet) September 8, 2021
FOX News: US Navy blasts China over 'false' claim about destroyer in South China Sea
Last month, Vice President Kamala Harris urged Vietnam to join the US in challenging China’s 'bullying' in the South China Sea
The US Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement Wednesday that the destroyer USS Benfold asserted its navigational rights in the South China Sea and called China’s earlier claim about the voyage "false."
"USS Benfold conducted this FONOP in accordance with international law and then continued on to conduct normal operations in international waters," the Navy’s statement read.
The Navy did not specify the precise statement it was refuting. The Global Times, which has been described as a public voice for the Chinese Communist Party, claimed that the Benfold "trespassed into areas adjacent to the Meiji reef" until it was "warned off" by Chinese naval and aerial forces.
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WNU Editor: China's claim of "driving away" the U.S. warship is here .... US destroyer warned off after trespassing into areas adjacent to China’s Meiji reef in South China Sea: military spokesperson (Global Times).
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Global Times is like a Goebbels' propaganda
Do not say that, Global times is a favorite of this blog.
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