(Taipei / Beijing Comprehensive News) One week after the military exercise around the Taiwan Strait was over, the US warship Milis Sunday (April 16) drove across the Taiwan Strait.The U.S. Navy claims to be a "routine" transit; mainland Chinese military said that the military was alert to the U.S. ships throughout the way.
According to Reuters, the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet said on Monday (April 17) that the Alibaba -class guided missile destroyer was free and flying over the freedom of public sea in the Taiwan Strait.It shows that the United States is committed to maintaining freedom and opening up in the Indo -Pacific region.
According to the news released by the WeChat public account "Eastern Theater" on Monday, the Mainland Military Military confirmed that the Milly Milio's missile destroyer passed the Taiwan Strait Sunday.
Shi Yi, a spokesman for the Eastern Theater of the PLA, pointed out that the Milius "passed the Taiwan Strait and publicly speculated", and said that "the Eastern theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army organized a force of the US ships to pass on the supervisor."
Shi Yi also said that the theater troops remained highly alert at any time and resolutely defended national sovereign security and regional peace and stability.
U.S. warships pass through the Taiwan Strait once a month, and they often perform similar navigation freedom tasks in the controversial South China Sea.
Last Monday (April 10), the Milius was close to China, one of the most important artificial islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and Beijing condemned "illegal breakout."
The above -mentioned sailing is exactly the three -day military performance of the Chinese PLA's ending around Taiwan's sea and air.After the exercise, mainland China continued to carry out military activities around Taiwan, but the scale was reduced.
According to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense on Monday, from 6:00 on Sunday to 6:00 on Monday, the Taiwan Army reconched 18 military aircraft and four mainland warships in Taiwan's sea airspace.