Taipei Times
Date: Jul 26, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday confirmed that a US military vessel sailed through the
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam sails in the South China Sea on March 6, 2016.
Photo: AP
The ship entered the Strait from the southwest, heading north, the ministry said in a statement, but did not name the vessel, although Reuters identified it as the USS Antietam.
The passage of the US warship through the Strait constitutes freedom of navigation, the ministry said, adding that the nation’s military monitored the transit and there was no “abnormal activity.”
The ship’s transit through the Strait demonstrates the US’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, Reuters said, quoting a statement from US Pacific Fleet spokesman Clay Doss.
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