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Germany s Warship To Conduct Military Exercise With India, Allies In South China Sea
It would be the first time in almost two decades that a German warship has set its course for Indo-Pacific on orders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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“Why is Germany sending a frigate through the South China Sea?” Chinese state media and leading newspapers ran headlines on Tuesday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered the German Navy to divert the Brandenburg-class frigate Bayern warship into the South China Sea. It would be the first time in almost two decades that a German combat vessel has set its course for the Indo-Pacific and that the German military will be deployed in the hotly contested South China Sea in a mighty show of military alliance with India, Japan, Australia, UK and the US against People’s Republic of China’s belligerence and expansionist maritime claims.
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