BEIJING (Reuters) – The Arleigh-Burke guided missile class destroyer USS John Finn conducted a routine south-to-north Taiwan Strait transit on March 5, the U.S. Navy said in a statement on Tuesday.
The transit occurred through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that is beyond any coastal state’s territorial seas, according to the statement.
(Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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