The destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) made a “routine” passage through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday (April 7) amid tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
The ship’s passage through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the U.S. Navy said in a statement. U.S. forces will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.”
The destroyer USS McCain crossed the Taiwan Strait on Feb. 4 of this year, and the February crossing was the first similar action since the Biden administration took office.
Newsweek reported that analysts saw the crossing as a signal that President Biden was keen to emphasize regional security and stability at a time when countries such as Taiwan and Japan are increasingly concerned about Beijing’s military expansion.
Senior Colonel Zhang Chunhui, a spokesman for China’s eastern theater of operations, said the U.S. warship crossed the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday and was monitored and tracked by the eastern theater.
He added that the U.S. is “deliberately interfering with and undermining” the regional situation and endangering peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, to which China is firmly opposed, and that “troops in the war zone will be closely guarded and alerted, ready to respond to all threats and provocations, and faithfully fulfill their responsibilities and missions.
The Chinese Communist Party has taken frequent military actions in the Taiwan Strait in recent days, which has sparked great concern in the international community. The Chinese military announced on Monday that the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation’s training in the waters around Taiwan was a routine training program for the Chinese navy, which also declared that it would organize similar exercises and training activities on a regular basis as planned.
In addition, China has continued to send military aircraft to intrude into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported that a total of 15 Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone on Wednesday. On Monday, 10 Chinese military aircraft intruded into the air defense identification zone, and one of them flew over the strategically important Bashi Channel.
Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported that a special report submitted to the Legislative Yuan by Taiwan’s Coast Guard on Sunday concluded that the mainland’s military or paramilitary harassment of Taiwan will intensify as U.S.-Taiwan relations deepen.
Just a day earlier, the U.S. Navy confirmed that the USS Roosevelt Carrier Battle Group (TRCSG) re-entered the South China Sea on April 4 to conduct routine operations. In a statement, the U.S. Navy said the USS Roosevelt carrier battle group will conduct maritime strike exercises, anti-submarine warfare, tactical coordination training and other activities in the South China Sea. macos/deepLFree.translatedWithDeepL.text
The destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) made a “routine” passage through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday (April 7) amid tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
The ship’s passage through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the U.S. Navy said in a statement. U.S. forces will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.”
The destroyer USS McCain crossed the Taiwan Strait on Feb. 4 of this year, and the February crossing was the first similar action since the Biden administration took office.
Newsweek reported that analysts saw the crossing as a signal that President Biden was keen to emphasize regional security and stability at a time when countries such as Taiwan and Japan are increasingly concerned about Beijing’s military expansion.
Senior Colonel Zhang Chunhui, a spokesman for China’s eastern theater of operations, said the U.S. warship crossed the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday and was monitored and tracked by the eastern theater.
He added that the U.S. is “deliberately interfering with and undermining” the regional situation and endangering peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, to which China is firmly opposed, and that “troops in the war zone will be closely guarded and alerted, ready to respond to all threats and provocations, and faithfully fulfill their responsibilities and missions.
The Chinese Communist Party has taken frequent military actions in the Taiwan Strait in recent days, which has sparked great concern in the international community. The Chinese military announced on Monday that the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation’s training in the waters around Taiwan was a routine training program for the Chinese navy, which also declared that it would organize similar exercises and training activities on a regular basis as planned.
In addition, China has continued to send military aircraft to intrude into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported that a total of 15 Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone on Wednesday. On Monday, 10 Chinese military aircraft intruded into the air defense identification zone, and one of them flew over the strategically important Bashi Channel.
Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported that a special report submitted to the Legislative Yuan by Taiwan’s Coast Guard on Sunday concluded that the mainland’s military or paramilitary harassment of Taiwan will intensify as U.S.-Taiwan relations deepen.
Just a day earlier, the U.S. Navy confirmed that the USS Roosevelt Carrier Battle Group (TRCSG) re-entered the South China Sea on April 4 to conduct routine operations. In a statement, the U.S. Navy said the USS Roosevelt carrier battle group will conduct maritime strike exercises, anti-submarine warfare, tactical coordination training and other activities in the South China Sea.
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