{"id":83279,"date":"2018-12-05T19:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T23:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83279"},"modified":"2018-12-05T19:06:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T23:06:27","slug":"us-warship-sails-in-sea-of-japan-waters-claimed-by-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83279","title":{"rendered":"US warship sails in Sea of Japan waters claimed by Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"USSThe guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell <\/p>\n

Trailing her coattails right in front of the home of the Russian Pacific Fleet? That sends an unmistakable message to Vlad and his cronies. Now if we could get something going in the Black Sea…<\/p>\n

By Lucas Tomlinson, Samuel Chamberlain
\nA U.S. Navy warship sailed in waters claimed by Russia in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday as tensions increase over the Trump administration\u2019s decision to withdraw from a decades-old arms control treaty.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the U.S. Pacific Fleet says the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell sailed \u201cin the vicinity of\u201d Peter the Great Bay, a body of water off the Russian port city of Vladivostok, \u201cto challenge Russia’s excessive maritime claims and uphold the rights, freedoms and lawful uses of the sea enjoyed by the United States and other nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vladivostok, in Russia’s far southeast, is home to the country\u2019s Pacific Fleet. The last time the U.S. Navy sailed in the area was 1987, the same year the U.S. signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. will suspend its obligations under the treaty in 60 days, and he accused Russia of “cheating” on the deal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did someone mention the Black Sea?<\/p>\n

The U.S. Navy is also preparing to send a warship into the Black Sea for the first time in a month to shore up support to Ukraine after Russian forces seized three Ukrainian vessels and 24 sailors aboard on Nov. 25.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire article at Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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