Anonymous ID: b7ff58 Dec. 6, 2018, 7 a.m. No.4180566   🗄️.is 🔗kun

A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed through waters claimed by Russia in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, challenging Moscow's ownership of the area for the first time since the end of the Cold War.

 

The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell traversed through part of Peter the Great Bay in what the U.S. refers to as a "freedom of navigation operation," according to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet.

 

It was the first time the U.S. has conducted such an operation through the bay since 1987, a U.S. Navy official told ABC News.

 

"McCampbell sailed in the vicinity of Peter the Great Bay to challenge Russia's excessive maritime claims and uphold the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea enjoyed by the United States and other Nations," Navy Lt. Rachel McMarr, a Pacific Fleet spokesperson, said in a statement.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-navy-destroyer-sails-waters-claimed-russia-sea/story?id=59629538