The US dispatched four destroyers and aircraft after 11 Russian and Chinese ships went close to Alaska state, according to a report by WSJ. The United States deployed four navy warships after Russian and Chinese naval forces conducted joint patrols near the Alaskan coast, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). ‘Cooperation plan’A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC told the WSJ that the patrol was not targeted at Washington. “Last summer, the Chinese and Russian navies conducted a similar operation off the coast of Alaska,” the senators said. In September 2021, US Coast Guard cutters in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean encountered Chinese ships about 80km (50 miles) off the Aleutian Islands.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 07, 2023 09:39 UTC