Several US warships were in Taiwanese waters when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived on the island, which China considers one of its provinces, on Tuesday, military sources said.
China announced that his army would launch “selective military action” in response to the visit.
“Regular Mission to the Pacific”
Meanwhile, the US Seventh Fleet tweeted on Tuesday that the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which has been cruising the region since early July, is in the Philippine Sea south of Taiwan.
The US Navy released images of the Ronald Reagan maneuvering the cargo ship USS Carl Brashear on Sunday.
The aircraft carrier and its airborne group are “on a routine mission in the Western Pacific,” a US official, who asked not to be named, said.
At the same time, the Marine landing ship Tripoli was sailing east of Taiwanaccording to the United States Naval Institute (USNI), an independent organization close to the US Navy.
According to USNI, Ronald Reagan and Tripoli are carriers of the latest generation of F-35 fighter jets.
The Pentagon has assured that the presence of the two ships in the region is not related to the visit of Pelosi, the most senior official to visit the island since then House Speaker Newt Gingrich did in 1997. .
“We will make sure her visit is safe,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
Chinese air raids
Taiwan noted on Tuesday, 21, Chinese incursions into its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), the same day that the Speaker of the US House of Representatives arrived on the island that Beijing claims as its territory.
According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense, “21 PLA aircraft [Ejército Popular de Liberación chino] (…) entered the southeast of the Taiwanese air defense. “The air defense covers an area exceeding the airspace of the country, and in the case Taiwan overlaps with China.
(According to AFP)
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