As US Warship Again Transits Taiwan Strait, Taipei & Beijing Warn Each Other: ‘Risk Of Accidental Conflict Likely’
- As US Warship Again Transits Taiwan Strait, Taipei & Beijing Warn Each Other: ‘Risk Of Accidental Conflict Likely’
by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
For the second time in two weeks, the US Navy has sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait in what the Pentagon dubbed a “routine Taiwan Strait transit”. It happened Sunday, also confirmed by Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, just over a week following a reported Chinese PLA military build-up and war games in the area, especially on the mainland coast.
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey sailed through without incident, though however “routine” the US might want to frame the mission, the potential for an unintended incident or clash with Chinese forces remains high, especially given the recent U-2 spy plane incident, which Beijing said breached a ‘no fly zone’ over PLA live fire drills.
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