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Pentagon Launches Effort to Better Address China Challenge Voice of America 10 Jun 2021, 09:05 GMT+10 PENTAGON - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rolled out a departmentwide effort Wednesday aimed at more effectively addressing China as the "pacing challenge" for the U.S. military. While some of the initiatives will remain classified, defense officials told reporters the effort puts new organizational structures in place to better prioritize competition with China and to make sure the challenges in the Indo-Pacific region are "gaining the attention they deserve." The effort is not a "new strate...

Navy warship’s transit of Taiwan Strait a first under Biden administration The guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain at sea in December. (Navy) For the first time in the presidency of Joe Biden, a U.S. Navy warship steamed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, according to the Japan-based U.S. 7th Fleet. The guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain’s transit “demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” 7th Fleet said in a statement. “The United States military will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows.” While Beijing cas...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Dec. 31 (local time) in accordance with international law. The ships' transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows. TAIWAN STRAIT (Dec. 30, 2020) Cmdr. Ryan T. Easterday, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) scans the horizon from the brid...

China has made a stark warning to the US after two American warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait in a 'routine transit' amid spiking tensions with Beijing. The Chinese army is on high alert and 'ready to counter any threats or provocations' from the US, said the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs today.  Beijing also accused the US of staging a show of force after the US Navy conducted what it called the 'routine Taiwan Strait transit' on Thursday to ensure 'a free and open Indo-Pacific'. Beijing accused the US of staging a show of force by dispatching the Navy warships, including t...