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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

3 Chinese warships sail through Kagoshima strait


Osumi Strait
Three Chinese Navy warships sailed through the Osumi Strait off Kagoshima Prefecture and into the Pacific, the Defense Ministry said Monday.

The warships--two frigates and an intelligence-gathering ship--were spotted at around noon Sunday by a Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane about 430 kilometers west of Yakushima island, Kagoshima Prefecture, according to the ministry.

The three vessels traveled eastward through the Osumi Strait located between Cape Sata and Tanegashima island--both in Kagoshima Prefecture--before sailing into the Pacific at about 11 a.m. Monday, the ministry said.

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