The US Navy said its guided-missile destroyer USS Milius conducted a navigational rights and freedoms mission in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands on Monday. | Reuters
FILE PHOTO: The USS Milius guided-missile destroyer arrives to join the Forward Deployed Naval Force at the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
BEIJING — The US Navy said its guided-missile destroyer USS Milius conducted a navigational rights and freedoms mission in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands on Monday. The announcement came as China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in military drills around the island amid growing tensions between China and the US in the region.The U.S. Navy said the operation by the destroyer was consistent with international law.
“At the conclusion of the operation, USS Milius exited the excessive claim area and continued operations in the South China Sea,” a US Navy statement said. “This freedom of navigation operation upheld the rights, freedoms and lawful uses of the sea.”
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