Photo: USS Decatur (left) and a Chinese Destroyer (right) were pictured in the South China Sea. (Supplied: US Navy via GCaptain)
Antiwar.com: Will China Mess With US Warships Headed for Taiwan Strait?
The US has thrown down the gauntlet. A showdown may come "in the coming weeks," if sanity does not prevail.
White House and Pentagon spokesmen keep insisting, as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl did on Aug. 14: "What’s important for us right now is to make sure that Beijing understands that our forces in the region will continue to operate, to fly, to sail wherever international waters allows.
That includes the Taiwan Strait. "I think you should expect that we will continue to do Taiwan Strait transits, as we have in the past, in the coming weeks. …"
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Previous Post: US Navy To Hold Taiwan Strait Transits In The 'Coming Weeks' (August 15, 2022)
WNU Editor: I do not expect a confrontation on the open seas. But the Chinese will be watching these US navy ships closely.
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