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US Warships Again Enter Taiwan Strait, But This Time With Chinese Bombers Overhead<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the first time this year the United States has sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait Thursday in yet another challenge to the ‘One China’ policy and in accord with the US Navy’s “freedom of navigation” operations. It seems the US Navy is establishing this almost as “routine” given the number of times this provocative act has been done over the past number of months (3 times last year); however, this time China’s air force was busy overhead flying H6 strategic bombers and reconnaissance planes in the vicinity since Thursday<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ships\u2019 transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d Lt. Cmdr. Tim Gorman told<\/a> USNI News, referring to the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell and the USNS Walter S. Diehl.\u201cThe US Navy will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Navy prior passage through the Taiwan Strait, file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n