- USS Antietam, USS Chancellorsville conducting routine transit, the U.S. 7th Fleet says.
- Officials also said voyage “beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State,” suggesting it won’t roil China, which has recently increase military threats again Taiwan in region.
- China has recently launched missiles at Taiwan over growing concern about its control over the country, as it appears to trying to forge closer ties with Western nations.
- The 100-mile wide strait divides Taiwan from China.
- U.S. regularly sends its ships through the strait as part of what it calls freedom of navigation maneuvers.
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