Russia and China conduct freedom of navigation exercises near Alaska
Russia and China conduct freedom of navigation exercises near Alaska
Four U.S. destroyers were dispatched to monitor Russian and Chinese ships in the area.
The ships traveled close to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, but never entered U.S. territorial waters. The US threatened to nuke no one . No scene was caused. In other news…
14Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.”
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Ok that was always allowed!
10Then why is the US angry about it?
-2No anger was expressed by actual military command.
Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.”
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This link is working: https://archive.is/mEYnZ
5They need to start doing military exercises in the South Bay now.
4archive's link to wall street journal must be down. their credentials were blocked or something. Keeps saying "Continue reading your article with a WSJ subscription" both in your link above and after trying it again here: https://archive.is/AhWf1
No dice. :(
3Paywall
3In response, the US angrily condemned the move as "actions of aggressors looking to start a nuclear war that will cause the extinction of mankind", and arranged for missile launches off the coast of their neighbouring country.
Oh wait, wrong country...
2Maybe they would be more on edge if Mexico was doing yearly military exercises with China at the Texas border, simulating an invasion of the US.
4You will learn nothing from this.
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