7th Fleet Destroyer and Royal Canadian Navy Frigate Transit Taiwan Strait

"The ships transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State. The transit was unremarkable, unprovocative, and consistent with international law."

7TH FLEET: TAIWAN STRAIT  – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) and Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS  Ottawa (FFH 341) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on November 1  (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law. 

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