Two Navy warships transit Taiwan Strait

Military Times: The U.S. sailed two guided-missile warships through the Strait of Taiwan Monday, in what Taipei’s ministry of defense described as a routine passage through international waters.

Officials in Beijing have yet to comment on passage of the American destroyer and cruiser, but in the past the Chinese government has taken a hard line against Navy vessels transiting the waterway separating mainland China from Taiwan.

China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to conquer it by force, if necessary.

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