Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email On Wednesday, USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait, between the Chinese mainland and the island of Taiwan, amid China flying 15 warplanes around Taiwan in an ongoing pressure campaign against the island. The U.S. 7th Fleet, whose area of operations includes the western Pacific … Continue reading US Navy sends warship near Taiwan as China sends 15 warplanes