The US guided missile destroyer Milius (Arleigh Burke-class) has illegally entered Chinese territorial waters near the Meiji Reef in the South China Sea. This was expressed by Tian Junli, representative of the People’s Liberation Army of the People’s Republic of China (PLA) Combat Command Southern District.
“On April 10, the Milius missile destroyer illegally entered the waters adjacent to the Meiji Reef off the Nansha Islands, China, without the approval of the PRC Government,” the country’s Central Television said in a statement from the military.
Tian Junli added that the Chinese Navy and Air Force were monitoring the destroyer.
The emergence of the American warship comes amid rising tensions around Taiwan, notes life.ru.
Earlier, the PLA’s Eastern Combat Command Area had reported that the PRC conducted Joint Sharp Sword exercises from April 8-10 in the waters of the Taiwan Strait, as well as the south, east and north of the island.