2 Japan-Based Destroyers Conduct Second Taiwan Strait Transit This Month

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Two Japan-based destroyers conducted a Taiwan Strait transit today, in the second such transit in three weeks and the fourth overall mission during that time to push back against excessive maritime claims in the Pacific.

USS John S. McCain, via USN/Wikipedia.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Dec. 31 local time, or Dec. 30 in the continental United States.

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Source: news.usni.org

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