China’s military says it is monitoring the US ships, maintaining a high alert and ready to defeat any provocations
The US navy warship Antietam sailing in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday. The ship and another US warship were moving through the strait, three US officials told Reuters, amid heightened tensions in the region.The US navy warship Antietam sailing in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday. The ship and another US warship were moving through the strait, three US officials told Reuters, amid heightened tensions in the region.
The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were conducting a “routine Taiwan Strait transit”, the US 7th fleet said in a“The ships’ transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” it said. “The United States military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows.”
US warships, and on occasion those from allied nations such as Britain and Canada, have routinely sailed through the strait in recent years, drawing Beijing’s anger. China’s military said on Sunday it was monitoring the US vessels sailing through the Taiwan Strait, maintaining a high alert and ready to defeat any provocations.
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