CHINA-US: US NAVY DESTROYER COMMENCES FOURTH ROUTINE TRANSIT THROUGH TAIWAN STRAITS

The National Interest (November 25) reported that the USS Barry (DDG-52), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, conducted its fourth routine transit through the Taiwan Strait and entered the South China Sea on November 20. The USS Barry's Commanding Officer, Commander Chris Gahl said “A continued presence in the South China Sea is vital in maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific, the freedom of all nations to navigate in international waters is critically important. Barry’s transit of the Taiwan Strait yesterday ensured the right and instills the confidence of all nations to trade and communicate in the South China Sea.”





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