Posted on Jul 28, 2021
Destroyer Makes 7th U.S. Navy Taiwan Strait Transit in 2021 - USNI News
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routine underway operations. US Navy Photo
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer moved through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, marking the seventh transit of the waters this year by an American warship.
Destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) performed the transit, U.S. 7th Fleet announced.
“The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows,” Japan-based 7th Fleet said in a news release.
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) performed the last Taiwan Strait transit in June, USNI News previously reported.
Benfold earlier this month performed a freedom of navigation operation near the Paracel Islands, USNI News reported at the time. China, Vietnam and Taiwan have all staked claims to the islands.
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer moved through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, marking the seventh transit of the waters this year by an American warship.
Destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) performed the transit, U.S. 7th Fleet announced.
“The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows,” Japan-based 7th Fleet said in a news release.
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) performed the last Taiwan Strait transit in June, USNI News previously reported.
Benfold earlier this month performed a freedom of navigation operation near the Paracel Islands, USNI News reported at the time. China, Vietnam and Taiwan have all staked claims to the islands.
Destroyer Makes 7th U.S. Navy Taiwan Strait Transit in 2021 - USNI News
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Keep them honest... well... best you can...
"China regularly protests U.S. freedom of navigation operations and strait transits in the region."
"China regularly protests U.S. freedom of navigation operations and strait transits in the region."
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