Posted on Apr 29, 2023
U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, Causing China to Scramble - USNI News
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..."“In the recent period, U.S. warships and planes have frequently carried out provocative actions, fully proving that the U.S. is a disruptor of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and a creator of security risks in the Taiwan Strait,” Shi said in a statement.
Two weeks ago, on April 16, the Navy sent USS Milius (DDG-69) through the strait. It was the first publicly announced Taiwan Strait transit since USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) in January, and came a week after China encircled Taiwan for a series of drills that included sorties from one of the PLAN’s aircraft carriers, USNI News previously reported.
Tensions between the U.S. and China have increased since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California at the beginning of April.
At the end of February, a U.S. Navy flew a P-8A Poseidon over the Taiwan Strait, prompting criticism from the PLA."
..."“In the recent period, U.S. warships and planes have frequently carried out provocative actions, fully proving that the U.S. is a disruptor of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and a creator of security risks in the Taiwan Strait,” Shi said in a statement.
Two weeks ago, on April 16, the Navy sent USS Milius (DDG-69) through the strait. It was the first publicly announced Taiwan Strait transit since USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) in January, and came a week after China encircled Taiwan for a series of drills that included sorties from one of the PLAN’s aircraft carriers, USNI News previously reported.
Tensions between the U.S. and China have increased since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California at the beginning of April.
At the end of February, a U.S. Navy flew a P-8A Poseidon over the Taiwan Strait, prompting criticism from the PLA."
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