US announces military activity near Taiwan
Chinese drills will not deter the US Navy from operating in the area, the White House said .
US Navy ships and planes will transit the Taiwan Strait in the next two weeks, the White House announced on Thursday. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby condemned Chinese military drills in the area and said the Pentagon had ordered the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and her escorts to remain near Taiwan to “monitor the situation.”
💬 “We will not be deterred from operating in the seas and the skies of the Western Pacific, consistent with international law, as we have for decades, supporting Taiwan and defending a free and open Indo-Pacific. As part of that effort, the US will “conduct standard air and maritime transits through the Taiwan strait in the next two weeks.”