Four Chinese military ships were spotted off Alaska's coast over the weekend, the Coast Guard said.
Multiple Chinese military ships were spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard in the waters off Alaska , officials said in a news release on Wednesday. Three vessels were detected about 124 miles north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, and a fourth ship was spotted about 84 miles north of the state's Amukta Pass. The ships were seen on Saturday and Sunday. All four ships were in international waters, the Coast Guard said, but were inside the U.S.
interests in the maritime environment around Alaska,' the Chinese vessels said that they were in the area for 'freedom of navigation operations,' Dean said. The naval presence was tracked by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball, a 418-foot-long national security vessel that has previously conducted joint exercises in the Indo-Pacific region.
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