U.S. Navy sends warships through Taiwan Strait, putting China on ‘high alert’
Adam Schrader - 1h ago
The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville, two Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers, sailed through a corridor in the strait between Taiwan and China that is beyond the territorial sea of any nation, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a news release.
The naval demonstration was the first such exercise by the United States since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier this month.
"The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the statement from the 7th Fleet reads.
"The United States military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows."
Col. Shi Yi, a representative of China's Eastern Theater Command, confirmed the American ships had sailed through the strait.
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