{"id":1992424,"date":"2023-08-06T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-and-russia-sent-warships-near-alaska-coast-prompting-u-s-response\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T12:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T16:02:36","slug":"china-and-russia-sent-warships-near-alaska-coast-prompting-u-s-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-and-russia-sent-warships-near-alaska-coast-prompting-u-s-response\/","title":{"rendered":"China and Russia&#8217;s warships near Alaska prompted a U.S. response."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fchina-and-russia-sent-warships-near-alaska-coast-prompting-u-s-response%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=1992424&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--><h2>China and Russia Send Naval Warships Near Alaska Coast<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">China and Russia \u200bsent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarus-may-join-ukraine-invasion\/\" title=\"Belarus May Join Ukraine Invasion\">naval warships<\/a> near the coast\u2063 of Alaska during a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-and-russia-sent-warships-near-alaska-coast-prompting-u-s-response\/\" title=\"China and Russia's warships near Alaska prompted a U.S. response.\">joint \u200cnaval patrol earlier<\/a> this week, prompting a response from the U.S. Navy and condemnation from Alaska\u2019s senators.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Largest Fleet to Approach American\u2063 Coast<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The two countries sent eleven ships close to Alaska\u2019s southwest \u2062coast \u2014 nearing the \u2063Aleutian Islands \u2014 but never entered American waters, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/russia-and-china-sent-large-naval-patrol-near-alaska-127de28b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Wall Street Journal. This is likely the \u200clargest fleet of Russian and Chinese \u2064ships\u2062 ever to approach\u2063 the American coast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-department-hit-with-large-scale-breach-national-security-council-now-involved\/\" title=\"Treasury Department Hit with Large-Scale Breach, National Security Council Now Involved\">experts told<\/a> the \u200coutlet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is a historical first,\u201d\u200b senior research fellow \u200dat the Heritage Foundation, Brent Sadler, said. \u201cGiven the context of the war in\u2063 Ukraine and tensions around Taiwan, this move is highly provocative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/russia-china-send-naval-ships-near-alaska-triggering-forceful-us-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox \u2063News the\u200d U.S. Navy mobilized four destroyers to shadow and guide the Chinese \u200cand Russian ships away from Alaska\u2019s coast. A\u2064 U.S. defense official said the USS John S. McCain, the USS Benfold, the USS John Finn,\u200b and the USS\u200b Chung-Hoon tracked the foreign ships\u2019 movements \u200dand were accompanied by a maritime patrol and\u2064 reconnaissance plane, the \u200dJournal noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A U.S. Northern Command spokesman confirmed to the Journal a combined patrol consisting \u200bof Russian and Chinese ships had\u2064 occurred but \u200cwould not confirm the number of vessels or their location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAir and\u200b maritime\u2063 assets\u2064 under our commands conducted\u2064 operations to assure the\u2064 defense \u200cof the United States and Canada,\u201d a\u200b U.S. Northern Command statement said. \u201cThe\u2064 patrol remained in international waters and\u2062 was not considered a threat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Chinese \u2062embassy spokesman told the outlet the patrol \u200cand its location was \u201cnot targeted at any third party and has nothing to \u2063do\u200b with the \u200ccurrent international and regional situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) \u2063expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murkowski.senate.gov\/press\/release\/murkowski-sullivan-statements-on-chinese-and-russian-vessels-in-us-waters-off-coast-of-aleutians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar concerns<\/a> over the increasing \u2064tensions and explained the \u2062important role Alaska plays in foreign relations and national security, given its proximity to Russia. \u2063Murkowski \u2064pressed her colleagues in the Senate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-americans-oppose-more-funding-for-ukraine-in-war-with-russia-cnn-poll\/\" title=\"CNN Poll: Majority of Americans Against Increased Funding for Ukraine in Conflict with Russia\">support additional funding<\/a> and resources for military \u2063readiness and capabilities \u200cin\u2062 Alaska.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sullivan\u2063 called the \u2064U.S. response a \u201csignificant improvement\u201d over the \u201ctepid\u201d American response to a smaller flotilla in \u200cSeptember.\u200b That fleet got 90 miles from the Aleutians and consisted of seven Russian\u2064 and\u200b Chinese ships,\u200d Fox News reported. In\u200d response, the \u2063U.S. dispatched one \u200dCoast \u200cGuard cutter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe ramped\u2062 that up significantly. Four U.S. destroyers and air\u200b assets, P-8\u2019s,\u200d that\u2063 were tracking and monitoring this large-scale Russian-Chinese task force quite closely. So that \u2063is a significant improvement,\u201d\u200b Sullivan said of \u200cthe recent incursion and American response. \u201cThat\u2019s a lot of naval power up here demonstrating American resolve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Admiral John Aquilino, the leader of \u2062the U.S.\u2062 Indo-Pacific Command, said at the Aspen \u200cSecurity Forum last month that Russian-Chinese joint exercises\u200d have increased, according to the Journal. \u201cI \u2064only see the \u2062cooperation getting stronger, and\u200b boy that\u2019s concerning. That\u2019s a dangerous world,\u201d \u2063he\u200b said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is currently \u200ba struggle for dominance and power in the Arctic region, which is becoming contested territory, and the Russian-Chinese naval patrols\u200c appear to be\u200d part of that \u200cstruggle, \u200cthe Journal reports. Their work together\u200c in the region is a\u2063 sign \u200cof increasing cooperation between Moscow and Beijing. According to the\u2062 Arctic Council, which \u2063is an intergovernmental forum focused on the Arctic, the Aleut region, where\u200b the Aleutian Islands are located, is <a href=\"https:\/\/arctic-council.org\/news\/at-the-doorway-to-the-arctic-an-aleut-perspective-on-a-sustainable-arctic-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referred<\/a> to as the \u201cdoorway to\u2063 the Arctic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eight countries that have\u200c territory in the Arctic make up the Arctic Council \u2064and are \u201cstewards of the region,\u201d according to the Council <a href=\"https:\/\/arctic-council.org\/about\/states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>. \u2064They \u2064include the U.S., Canada, \u2064Russia,\u2064 Denmark, \u2063Finland, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway, and \u200baccording to\u2062 the council, \u201cTheir national jurisdictions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/once-we-were-covid-hawks\/\" title=\"Once We Were COVID Hawks\">international law govern<\/a> the\u2062 lands surrounding the Arctic Ocean and its waters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">China, however, claimed\u200b it \u200bwas a \u201cnear-Arctic state\u201d in 2018 in an attempt to push for a greater governance role in the region, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/blog\/rand-review\/2022\/12\/what-does-chinas-arctic-presence-mean-to-the-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAND Corporation<\/a>. It has attempted\u200c to establish gas and mining operations in the region and claims it is an\u2062 \u201cactive\u2063 participant, builder, and\u200c contributor in Arctic affairs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China and Russia recently conducted a joint naval patrol near Alaska&#8217;s coast, causing the U.S. Navy to respond and Alaska&#8217;s senators to condemn the action. Eleven warships from both countries approached the southwest coast of Alaska, near the Aleutian Islands, but did not enter American waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1992425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}