US media: 11 Chinese and Russian warships have patrolled near Alaska

The US media reported on Sunday (August 6) that 11 Russian and Chinese naval warships patrolled near the coast of Alaska in the United States, and the United States sent four destroyers to surveillance.

The Wall Street Journal quoted US officials reported that the Chinese and Russian warships entered the waters near the Aleutian Islands, but did not enter the U.S. territorial sea, and then left the waters.In addition to the four American destroyers, the P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft also performs the task of tracking the Sino-Russian warships.

The report quoted American experts that this seemed to be the largest Sino -Russian warships appearing near the United States coast.

Brent Sadler, a senior researcher and retired navy captain of the American Think Tank Traditional Foundation: "Considering the situation of the Ukrainian war and the tension around Taiwan, this move is very provocative."

A spokesman for the Northern Command of the United States said that Russia and China patrolled the joint navy near Alaska, but did not specify the number or specific location of the ship.

The Northern Command also told the US Broadcasting Corporation that China -Russia patrol mission does not pose any threat.

The Russian Embassy in the United States did not respond to the Request of the Wall Street Journal.The Russian Ministry of Defense has said on Friday (August 4) that Russian -Chinese warships have launched exercises, involving communication training, helicopters on the opponent's deck, and joint anti -submarine exercises held in the southwest of Bay Sea.Discover the target at this anti -submarine exercise and destroy it.

The Russian Ministry of Defense added that since the launch of the joint patrol, the two countries have sailed more than 2,300 nautical miles, including patrol missions in the Sea and Ohhehki Sea in Japan.

The report quoted a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the United States that the patrol was not aimed at the United States.

The Chinese Ministry of National Defense has announced earlier that according to the annual cooperation plan of the Chinese and Russian armies, the Russian army participated in the "northern and union in the northern theater of Japan from July 20th to 23rd.-2023 "exercise, China and Russia sent more than 10 ships and more than 30 aircraft.

The United States Coast Guard announced in September last year that a coast guards speedboat encountered a Sino -Russian warship at Bai Linghai.