The three U.S. Navy destroyers enter the South China Sea on Thursday (January 12), and appeared on the South China Sea event the next day.
The China Think Tank's "South China Sea Strategic Situment Awareness" posted on Weibo on Friday that according to the AIS information and the European and Air Bureau of sentinel satellite image, the destroyer of the three US Navy belonged to the Nimitz carrier strike group was on 1On the 12th, the Basilica Strait entered the South China Sea. The next day, it was about 200 kilometers northwest of Huangyan Island (the Philippines (Filipino Skibel Shrax).
The three warships include the Snunars, the Uss Chung-Hoon, the USS Decatur, and the DDG 108.
The Seventh Fleet of the U.S. Navy also issued a press release on the official website on Friday that the Nimitz carrier strike group has conducted activities in the South China Sea on Thursday.Training such as combination and flight operations, as well as flight operations using fixed wing and rotor aircraft.
Major General Christopher Sweeney, commander of the 11th aircraft carrier strike group (CSG), said the voyage proves the United States' determination to maintain freedom and open ocean with allies and partners.
The statement also said that this event was part of the U.S. Navy's free sailing in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Routine Action of the Pacific.
The Nimitz has been deployed in the Pacific Ocean since December last year, and has just ended training in the waters of the eastern part of the Philippines.
