US ship patrols South China, West Phl seas

The most modern naval vessel of the United States military apparently sailed past the watchful eye of Chinese ships patrolling wide areas of the South China and West Philippine seas to dock smoothly here on Thursday.

“We did not see any Chinese vessels. Our voyage was uneventful. There’s no problem,” said US Task Force Forager Commander James Meyer, whose men are here for a 10-day joint Asia-Pacific humanitarian mission in line with the United States military’s largest multilateral Pacific Partnership program aboard z

Meyer was responding to media questions on whether they, like their aerial counterparts, were challenged by patrolling Chinese coast guard and warships.

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