It was accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh, which also launched an SM-2 during the drill. The Philippines Sea is separated from the disputed South China Sea, a major flashpoint in the US-China rivalry, by the Philippines. Beijing claims almost all of the energy-rich South China Sea as its own. The Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also claim part of the area.
torsdag 26. mars 2020
US Navy launches live-fire missiles near South China Sea in ‘warning to China’
The US Navy was targeting China with live-fire missile tests in the Philippine Sea last week, sending a message that it was up to the challenge of the Chinese military’s new advanced systems, military analysts said. In the drill in waters east of the Philippines on Thursday, the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry launched a medium-range Standard Missile-2, the US Seventh Fleet said on its Facebook page.
It was accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh, which also launched an SM-2 during the drill. The Philippines Sea is separated from the disputed South China Sea, a major flashpoint in the US-China rivalry, by the Philippines. Beijing claims almost all of the energy-rich South China Sea as its own. The Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also claim part of the area.
It was accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh, which also launched an SM-2 during the drill. The Philippines Sea is separated from the disputed South China Sea, a major flashpoint in the US-China rivalry, by the Philippines. Beijing claims almost all of the energy-rich South China Sea as its own. The Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also claim part of the area.
