Chinese Warship Fleet Reportedly Sailing Near Alaska, US Action Reply?

WASHINGTON – A site affiliated with the Ministry of Defense United States of America (USA) reported on Sunday that a warship strongest belongs China recently sailed in near international waters Alaska . But the report was deleted for unknown reasons on Monday.

The US Department of Defense reported Sunday on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) website citing the release from US Coast Guard District 17 of four Chinese Navy task force vessels, including guided missile cruisers, guided missile destroyers, general intelligence vessels and ships. additionally sailed in international waters within the US Exclusive Economic Zone, off the coast of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, on August 29 and 30.

While the DVIDS report did not name the four PLA ships, military observers said they were likely from the same fleet that sailed east through the Soya Strait into the Pacific Ocean on August 24, as the timing and location logically matched.

Previously, Japan on August 24 saw the Chinese Navy fleet consisting of four warships, namely Type 055 Nanchang destroyer, Type 052D destroyer Guiyang, Type 903A supply ship with hull number 903, and reconnaissance ship with hull 799 passing through the Soya Strait. from the Sea of ​​Japan and then sailed east, the Joint Staff of the Japanese Ministry of Defense said in a press release on Aug. 25.

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China and many countries classify the Type 055 as a destroyer but the US sees it as a cruiser.

“During Chinese warship activities near Alaska, US Coast Guard vessels Bertholf and Kimball also operate in the area,” the DVIDS report reads, noting that interactions between US and Chinese vessels were safe and professional, as well as verbal communication in accordance with international standards set out in The Western Pacific Naval Symposium Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea and the Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

The DVIDS report went missing for unknown reasons on Monday.

China had not announced any information regarding this as of Monday evening. If the reports are true, China’s warship activities are likely normal far-sea drills amid the rapid development of the Chinese Navy’s capabilities, analysts said, noting that this could also be seen as a countermeasure against US military provocations in China in the name of freedom of navigation.

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