U.S. Navy destroyer announces passing through Taiwan Strait

The U.S. military has announced that a Navy destroyer has passed through the Taiwan Strait on the 7th, as the U.S. military is becoming more vigilant about the movement of the Chinese army to activate its activities around Taiwan.

The United States Navy's Seventh Fleet issued a statement revealing that the destroyer "John McCain" had passed through the Taiwan Strait on the 7th of local time.

It is an action to show America's contribution to the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific."

Prior to this, the US Navy revealed on the 4th of this month that a carrier strike group consisting of the aircraft carrier "Theodore Roosevelt" and accompanying ships and aircraft entered the South China Sea.

A Pentagon spokesman, Kirby, said at a press conference yesterday that the series of ship actions "did not correspond to a particular case by a particular country," while "the only freedom to navigate the sea is fish and icebergs." It's not for the sake of it, "he said, and as China increased pressure on Taiwan, he said he would continue to navigate Navy vessels to the extent permitted by international law.

Around Taiwan, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense announced on the 7th that Chinese military fighters and anti-submarine patrol aircraft had entered the air defense identification zone set by Taiwan, and on the 5th of this month, the Chinese aircraft carrier " The Liaoning unit has also announced that it has conducted training.

In the US military, Commander Davidson of the Indo-Pacific Army has indicated that China may invade Taiwan within six years, and is becoming more cautious about the movement of Chinese troops around Taiwan.

China "Resolute Opposition"

A spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command of the East China Sea announced a discourse on the passage of the U.S. Navy's destroyer "John McCain" through the Taiwan Strait on the night of the 7th, "sending a false signal to Taiwan's independence forces. , Which intentionally interferes with the situation in the region and jeopardizes the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait, and we express our firm opposition. "