A US warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island
claimed by Beijing in the South China Seas, in an operation intended to
underscore America's right to access the disputed waters, the Pentagon
said.
"We conducted a freedom of navigation operation in
the South China Sea earlier tonight," Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis said
in statement issued late Friday US time
.
He said the operation
was carried out near Triton Island in the Paracel Islands, "to challenge
excessive maritime claims of parties that claim the Paracel Islands."
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