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Destroyer USS Mustin Transited Taiwan Strait, Chinese Aircraft Carrier Followed
usni.org ^ | December 21, 2020 | Mallory Shelbourne

Posted on 12/22/2020 2:13:06 PM PST by ransomnote

A U.S. guided-missile destroyer moved through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement.

“The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Dec. 19 (local time) in accordance with international law,” the Navy said in a statement. “The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.”

Following Mustin’s move through the strait, Reuters reported that China’s new aircraft carrier on Sunday performed its own transit through the strait. Shandong conducted the transit while heading to train in the South China Sea, the Chinese navy said.

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TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: asia; navy
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To: ransomnote

USS Mustin was just going to South Taiwan to put in crew orders for Chinese take out.

We will take them out!

Did the PLN shoot?

No.

Paper Tigers.


21 posted on 12/22/2020 7:21:52 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Secret Agent Man

They could REPLACE/REPAIR their loses very quickly. WE CAN’T.


22 posted on 12/22/2020 7:23:59 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Tonytitan
I’m old enough to remember when people claimed that Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles couldn’t hit US surface vessels. But they most certainly can.

The Chinese do not have the ability to provide accurate target location data to a missile once it's launched. A carrier will not be in the same location where it was spotted and it takes more than 30 minutes for a missile to get from the launch site to the carrier's last known location. By the time the missile gets to where the carrier group was last seen it will be long gone from there.

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Sidenote: I was moderately horrified by Trudeau's betrayal (I know, he's a creep, but still...) in granting the Chinese private use of one of Canada's former NORAD Ballistic tracking bases. A Canadian recently encountered "pilots" based there for 18 months, who told them others had been there for 3 years +. WHo knows how long they've been there "training" pilots.

23 posted on 12/22/2020 7:48:25 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: mabarker1

bow wow wow


24 posted on 12/22/2020 8:39:50 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed. )
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To: Chode

BOW, WOW, HOW.


25 posted on 12/23/2020 2:12:16 AM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: Steve Van Doorn
The navigation hacks that where crashing our ships is now repaired (my opinion.) China responds with a carrier following our ships around. This is a sign we’re winning this fight against China even if the media tells you otherwise

Was China doing the navigation hacks - or Russia? What's your best guess?

26 posted on 12/23/2020 6:52:42 AM PST by GOPJ (If China let go a virus that primarily killed gays, would Madison Ave. still up Chinese in TV ads? )
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