The U.S. military has released video of what it called an 'unsafe' Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision.
of what it called an"unsafe" Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision. as the American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting a so-called"freedom of navigation" transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland China.
During the Saturday transit, the Chinese guided-missile destroyer overtook the Chung-Hoon on its port side then veered across its bow at a distance of some 150 yards, according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The American destroyer held its course, but reduced speed to 10 knots"to avoid a collision," the military said.
The Indo-Pacific Command said the actions violated maritime rules of safe passage in international waters.
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