US, Canadian navy ships transit Taiwan StraitStaff writer, with CNAA US destroyer and a Canadian frigate conducted a “routine” transit of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday — their second joint passage in two months — to demonstrate a commitment “to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the 7th Fleet of the US Pacific Command said yesterday. Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate the HMCS Ottawa is pictured in an undated photograph. The Ministry of National Defense later confirmed the transit, saying in a statement that the military was on top of the situation as one US destroyer and one Canadian frigate sailed northward in the Taiwan Strait, and it did not see any irregularities. China yesterday said its troops were “on constant high alert” after the transit. The last voyage made by US and Canadian warships was on Sept. 9 by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson and the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa.
