After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait.

As HMCS Ottawa entered the busy and strategically critical body of water at sunrise, it was flanked by three Chinese warships armed with missiles and torpedoes. They mirrored Ottawa’s moves for the entire 17-hour crossing.

Canada made the journey along with the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, in what both countries describe as a freedom of navigation exercise.

  • downpunxx@kbin.social
    318·
    1 year ago

    canadia sailed a warship through the taiwan straight, and that’s a fuck you to the united states, how?

    • wrath-sedan@kbin.social
      141·
      1 year ago

      Canada made the journey along with the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, in what both countries describe as a freedom of navigation exercise.

      Also they literally went together lol

      EDIT: Top comment was not actually confused, but is really being dragged through the mud for a slightly ambiguous three emoji combo haha, sorry top comment.

    • steltek@lemm.ee
      47·
      1 year ago

      Maybe he only speaks “High School Emoji” and isn’t that fluent yet. Misunderstandings can happen like that.