Four Chinese warships intruded into the U.S. economic exclusion zone near Alaska's far western Aleutian Islands just two days before NATO leaders met in Washington and added China to its list of security threats.
Chinese warships intrude into Alaska’s economic zone days before NATO summitA Chinese Navy warship passes by a Filipino fisherman near Philippine-claimed island of Thitu, locally known as Pag-asa island at the South China Sea on Friday April 21, 2023. The Chinese navy ship shadowed the two Philippine patrol vessels in …Four Chinese warships intruded into the U.S.
The latest naval incursion did not include Russian ships, but the four Chinese warships were tracked transiting the U.S. economic zone two days before the landmark 75th anniversary NATO summit in Washington.rapid nuclear buildup and ubiquitous cyberattacks. The designation brought an angry response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry a day later.
Rick Fisher, a China affairs analyst, questioned the lack of response to the incident from Hawaii-based Indo-Pacific Command since the cutter Kimball is based in Hawaii. The joint Chinese and Russian surface action group in 2023 included what U.S. officials said was a new Nanchang-class cruiser capable of firing over 100 guided missiles, and several Russian destroyers. Those ships were monitored by four Navy guided missile destroyers.“Our military needs to be ready for increasing Chinese — and joint Chinese and Russian — military activity near Alaska’s coast,” he said.
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