Taiwan’s Defense Ministry Says Two US Warships Traveled Along the Taiwan Strait

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the South China Sea while conducting flight operations on April 9, 2017. Z.A. Landers/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters

TAIPEI—The United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Oct. 22, in a move that could anger Beijing amid heightening U.S. tensions with China.

The ministry said it was in full control of the situation during the U.S. warships’ route through the Taiwan Strait, the self-ruled island’s defense ministry said in a statement. The U.S. navy conducted a similar mission in July.