EXCLUSIVE U.S. warships carrying out Taiwan Strait passage, first since Pelosi visit -officials
The U.S. Navy, confirming a Reuters report, said cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam were carrying out the ongoing operation. Such operations usually take eight to 12 hours to complete and are closely monitored by China's military.
"These ships transited through a corridor in the strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state," the U.S. Navy said. Taiwan's defense ministry said the ships were sailing in a southerly direction and that its forces were observing but that "the situation was as normal". Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was followed around a week later by a group of five other U.S. lawmakers, with China's military responding by carrying out more exercises near the island.
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