Two Navy warships transit Taiwan Strait

This is a clear message to China

Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser Antietam receive a fuel line during a replenishment-at-sea with the oiler Tippecanoe on Oct. 10, 2018, in the East China Sea. (MC2 William McCann/Navy)

Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser Antietam receive a fuel line during a replenishment-at-sea with the oiler Tippecanoe on Oct. 10, 2018, in the East China Sea. (MC2 William McCann/Navy)

“…The U.S. sailed two guided-missile warships through the Strait of Taiwan Monday, in what Taipei’s ministry of defense described as a routine passage through international waters.

Officials in Beijing have yet to comment on passage of the American destroyer and cruiser, but in the past the Chinese government has taken a hard line against Navy vessels transiting the waterway separating mainland China from Taiwan.

China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to conquer it by force, if necessary…”

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/10/22/two-navy-warships-transit-taiwan-strait/

Doug Santo