Posted on 08/13/2025 3:14:36 PM PDT by Beave Meister
American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in the disputed waters, a Navy spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused the USS Higgins, a guided missile destroyer, of encroaching on its waters surrounding Scarborough Reef, while the Navy called the claim false and vowed to operate wherever international law allows. The U.S. warships were deployed for a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) following a Monday confrontation between Chinese vessels and the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea.
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Is that the guy who is running for Mayor of Minneapolis?
Well that’s troubling … sink our carriers in 20 minutes….
Depends if ours are busy ramming freighters of piers I guess.
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