The US military has confirmed that two of its warships sailed near islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea on Monday. China says the waterway is part of its territorial waters, while Washington insists that the sea is open to international transit under the principle of“freedom of ...
Navy released a video of what it called an "unsafe interaction" in the Taiwan Strait, in which a Chinese warship crossed in front of a U.S. destroyer. While U.S. warships transit the strait around once a month, it is unusual for them to do so with those of other allies. China...
Taiwan's defence ministry said the ship sailed in a northerly direction through the strait and that during its transit the situation in the strait was "as normal". The U.S. Navy sails warships through the strait around once a month, and also regularly conducts similar freedom of ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Two US warships left waters off Liberia's coast over the weekend, signaling an end to the brief American peacekeeping operation in the West African country, defense officials said Monday. The two warships, USS Carter Hall and USS Na shville, which carried...
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including breaking DOC rules and bilateral and multilateral agreements, with the aim of using the resulting chaos to push forward its "Indo-Pacific" strategy. Washington has even sent military aircraft and warships to survey the area in the name of honoring the promises it has made in the US-...
In meetings with Vietnamese leaders on Wednesday, Harris said China's "bullying and excessive maritime claims" in the waters should be challenged, and offered here U.S. support to enhance Vietnam's maritime security, including more visits by U.S. warships to the country. ...
The Chinese military has been building life-size mock-ups of US warships in a missile testing area, a report says, citing satellite images. The same types of vessels regularly sail close to Chinese waters and around Taiwan. The United States Naval Institute (USNI), a Maryland-based think tan...
The US patrol “again proves that China’s construction of defensive facilities on the relevant reefs in the Nansha Islands is completely reasonable and totally necessary,” it said. Foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the US ship had illegally entered Chinese waters. ...
The simultaneous drills by Chinese and US armed forces in the strategic waters are the most high profile yet of a series of operations held in close quarters, as the two powers vie for dominance in the Asia-Pacific theatre. The US repeatedlysentwarships into the South China Sea in April fol...