'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= Feb. 25 (UPI) --The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur transited the Taiwan Strait this week, the Navy announced. border: none !important; The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Feb. 24 (local time) in accordance with international law. var bannerSizeMapping = googletag.sizeMapping(). Follow @samlagrone// */ The U.S. Navy's 7th fleet said Wednesday that "the ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific." The USS John S. McCain sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, its first such operation since Joe Biden took office. build(); var sidebarSizes = [[320, 100], [120, 600], [234, 60], [336, 280], [300, 600], [320, 50], [300, 250], [120, 240], [160, 600]]; (b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings); John Finn, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin affirmed during his confirmation hearing last month that China was the largest military challenge the U.S. faces over the next several years, reflecting the Trump administration’s hard line on Beijing. Media reports about the destroyerâs Taiwan Strait transit have noted that it was seen operating in the vicinity of two Peopleâs Liberation Army Navy guided-missile frigates. format = format.replace(/yyyy/i, 'yy'); var topLeaderboardSizeMapping = googletag.sizeMapping(). [CDATA[ */ }); The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) transits the Taiwan Strait March 10, 2021. var format = $(this).data('format') || 'mm/dd'; beforeShow: function(input, inst) { $('#ui-datepicker-div').addClass('show'); }, addSize([1200, 0], [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[300,100],[320,50],[320,100],[468,60],[234,60],[120,240],[970,90]]). beforeShow: function(input, inst) { $('#ui-datepicker-div').removeClass('show'); }, US warships periodically conduct navigation exercises in the strait [File: Reuters] 4 ⦠[CDATA[ // */ “China paid close attention to and monitored from start to end the passage of the U.S. military vessel through the Taiwan Strait,” spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters. This is the third sailing of a US Navy destroyer through the highly-contentious area since Biden took office. !function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return! var dataLayer_content = {"visitorLoginState":"logged-out","visitorType":"visitor-logged-out","pageTitle":"Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Destroyer Conducts Taiwan Strait Transit - USNI News","pagePostType":"post","pagePostType2":"single-post","pageCategory":["china","foreign-forces","news-analysis","surface-forces","usn"],"pageAttributes":["china","taiwan","taiwan-strait","theodore-roosevelt-carrier-strike-group","uss-john-finn-ddg-113"],"pagePostAuthor":"Megan Eckstein","pagePostDate":"March 10, 2021","pagePostDateYear":"2021","pagePostDateMonth":"03","pagePostDateDay":"10","browserName":"Chrome","browserVersion":"59.0.3071.115","browserEngineName":"Blink","browserEngineVersion":"","osName":"Windows","osVersion":"10.0","deviceType":"desktop","deviceManufacturer":"","deviceModel":"","google_tag_params":window.google_tag_params};