Anonymous ID: 6d8db7 Jan. 27, 2020, 10:18 p.m. No.7938093   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8210 >>8454 >>8564

U.S. Navy sails warship near disputed islands in South China Sea for first time in 2020

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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/01/28/asia-pacific/us-navy-warship-disputed-islands-south-china-sea-first-2020/

The U.S. Navy told The Japan Times on Tuesday that it had sailed a warship near the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea — home to fortified island islands built by China — on Saturday, in what was believed to be the first freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) of 2020.

 

A spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the USS Montgomery, an advanced littoral combat ship, had “asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law.”

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