February 14, 2025, 9:03 pm
Two U.S. Navy ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait this week, drawing an angry response from China that claimed the mission heightened security risks.
The service said the vessels were the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson and Pathfinder-class survey ship, USNS Bowditch. The ship’s north-to-south transit happened on February 10-12.
US Navy Commander Matthew Comer, a spokesperson at the U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific Command stated,
"The transit occurred through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that is beyond any coastal state’s territorial seas. Within this corridor all nations enjoy high-seas freedom of navigation, overflight, and other internationally lawful uses of the sea related to these freedoms."
In this video, Defense Updates reports on the Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Ralph Johnson navigating through the Taiwan Strait.
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
01:58 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRANSIT
03:24 USS RALPH JOHNSON’s OVERVIEW
05:49 CHINESE RESPONSE
06:47 ANALYSIS
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▶️ Narration by Scott Leffler (scottleffler.com)
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