Two BERk-class DESTROyers sailed through the Taiwan Strait today, and the 7TH Fleet said in a statement that this represents the United States’ commitment to freedom and openness in the Indo-Pacific region and that they will continue to fly and sail within the limits of any international law.
The DESTROYER Uss John C Passed through the Taiwan Strait on The 31st. (Photo/photo taken from the 7th Fleet website)
The 7th Fleet’s Facebook post, “U.S.7th Fleet,” said the destroyers USS John S. McCain (DDG56) and USS CurtisWilbur (DDG54) routinely passed through the Taiwan Strait on December 31 in accordance with international law.
The US military said the passage of the two destroyers through the Taiwan Strait was a demonstration of America’s commitment to freedom and openness in the Indo-Pacific region. U.S. forces will continue to fly, sail and perform other missions where international law allows.
The DEFENSE Ministry pointed out that during the general navigation mission of the US warship through the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese military used the joint situation Monitoring and investigation as a means to fully understand the relevant dynamics and situations of ships and aircraft in the sea, airspace and surrounding Areas of Taiwan, and the situation was normal.
According to statistics, this is the 13th time for the US ship to pass through the Taiwan Strait this year. On The 19th of This month, a Berk-class destroyer “DDG89” also passed through the Taiwan Strait on a regular basis. The Chinese communist Party’s aircraft carrier, the Shandong, also passed through the Taiwan Strait the following day. Yu Beichen, a retired major general of the PLA, said the two countries were expressing their views on the “Taiwan Strait”.
Yu Beichen analysis, the US military is to show the Communist Party of China, this is not your inland sea, the world can take this road, the US military to take the lead; However, after the United States left, the Shandong frigate was bound to leave, to declare that this side was its inland sea, so the two sides were fighting in the Taiwan Strait.
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