{"id":1921989,"date":"2023-05-01T09:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-flies-a-p-8-over-taiwan-strait\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T09:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:43:25","slug":"u-s-navy-flies-a-p-8-over-taiwan-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-flies-a-p-8-over-taiwan-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Flies a P-8 Over Taiwan Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-navy-flies-a-p-8-over-taiwan-strait%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_102634\" style=\"width: 5138px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7647783.jpg\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[\"635c396cdefd5a3f7972fc5d\"]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-102634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A P-8A Poseidon from the \u2018Pelicans\u2019 of Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 flies by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on Feb. 24, 2023. US Navy Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army scrambled fighters to monitor a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon that flew over the Taiwan Strait Friday, according to U.S. and Chinese statements.<span id=\"more-102618\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The P-8A flew over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace early Friday local time, according to a U.S. Navy news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aircraft\u2019s transit of the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States\u2019 commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d the Navy statement reads. \u201cThe United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows including within the Taiwan Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the PLA\u2019s Eastern Theater Command, called the aircraft\u2019s transit \u201cprovocative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the recent period, U.S. warships and planes have frequently carried out provocative actions, fully proving that the U.S. is a disruptor of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and a creator of security risks in the Taiwan Strait,\u201d Shi said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, on April 16, the Navy sent USS <em>Milius<\/em> (DDG-69) through the strait. It was the first publicly announced Taiwan Strait transit since USS <em>Chung-Hoon<\/em> (DDG-93) in January, and came a week after China encircled Taiwan for a series of drills that included sorties from one of the PLAN\u2019s aircraft carriers, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2023\/04\/16\/u-s-destroyer-transits-taiwan-strait\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[\"635c396cdefd5a3f7972fc5d\"]\">USNI News previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between the U.S. and China have increased since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California at the beginning of April.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of February, a U.S. Navy flew a P-8A Poseidon over the Taiwan Strait, prompting criticism from the PLA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-break\">\n<div class=\"usninews_sharethis\"><span class=\"st_facebook_buttons\" st_title=\"U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, China Scrambles Fighters\" st_url=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2023\/04\/28\/u-s-navy-p-8-flies-over-taiwan-strait-causing-china-to-scramble\" displaytext=\"facebook\" st_processed=\"yes\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#000000;display:inline-block;cursor:pointer;\" class=\"stButton\"><span class=\"stMainServices st-facebook-counter\" style=\"background-image: url(\"https:\/\/ws.sharethis.com\/images\/2017\/facebook_counter.png\");\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"st_twitter_buttons\" st_title=\"U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, China Scrambles Fighters\" st_url=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2023\/04\/28\/u-s-navy-p-8-flies-over-taiwan-strait-causing-china-to-scramble\" displaytext=\"twitter\" st_processed=\"yes\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#000000;display:inline-block;cursor:pointer;\" class=\"stButton\"><span class=\"stMainServices st-twitter-counter\" style=\"background-image: url(\"https:\/\/ws.sharethis.com\/images\/2017\/twitter_counter.png\");\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"st_plusone_buttons\" st_title=\"U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, China Scrambles Fighters\" st_url=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2023\/04\/28\/u-s-navy-p-8-flies-over-taiwan-strait-causing-china-to-scramble\" displaytext=\"plusone\" st_processed=\"yes\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;line-height:0px;position:relative;vertical-align:middle;bottom:0px;width:36px; 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