This file photo provided by the US Navy shows the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam. The warship and the USS Curtis Wilbur sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday. Photo: AP
Pentagon sends two US warships through Taiwan Strait, risking fury from Beijing as tensions remain high
- Taiwan’s defence ministry and the Pentagon say the warships passed through international waters on Monday
- The Pentagon says the passage demonstrated a commitment to ‘a free and open Indo-Pacific’, but was ‘certainly not’ intended to raise tensions
This file photo provided by the US Navy shows the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam. The warship and the USS Curtis Wilbur sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday. Photo: AP
