The United States and Taiwan announced that the US Navy's guided-missile destroyer passed through the Taiwan Strait on the 26th.
Even as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, it seems that the US military has a presence in the Indo-Pacific region and aims to restrain China.
The United States Navy's Seventh Fleet announced on the 26th that the guided-missile destroyer "Sampson" had passed the Taiwan Strait as scheduled.
The Seventh Fleet "was sailing in accordance with international law," and emphasized that "it is an indication of America's involvement in the free and open Indo-Pacific."
The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense also announced that "an American destroyer has passed through the Taiwan Strait from south to north."
According to the 7th Fleet, "Sampson" is one of the ships that make up the carrier strike group centered on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln", and this carrier strike group was in the Philippine Sea and the East China Sea until last week, and was on the Japanese sea. It means that they were conducting joint training with the Self-Defense Forces.
It has been confirmed that US warships have passed through the Taiwan Strait about once a month since the latter half of the Trump administration, but the US and Taiwan announced this passage by the Russian army. Even as the invasion of Ukraine continues, it seems that the US military has a presence in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Taiwan Strait, and aims to restrain China.
"American provocation is categorically opposed" Chinese army
A spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command, which has jurisdiction over the East China Sea in the Chinese army, said on the 27th, "The United States frequently makes such provocations, sending false signals to Taiwan's independence forces, and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We are categorically opposed to it. "