Indo-Pacific Command, her office said in a statement. Pelosi arrived in Singapore on Monday as part of a congressional delegation to the region after a stop in Hawaii that included a brief with U.S. US Navy PhotoĬhina views Taiwan as a breakaway province and discourages governments from dealing with Taipei directly. Joel Lang, commanding officer of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA-7) watches an F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 121 prepare to launch from the flight deck on July 24, 2022. “We want to once again make it clear to the US side that the Chinese side is fully prepared for any eventuality and that the People’s Liberation Army of China will never sit idly by, and we will make resolute response and take strong countermeasures to uphold China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”Ĭapt. We have been stressing that such a visit would lead to serious consequences,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters Monday when asked about the trip. On Monday, Beijing implied there would be a military response if Pelosi traveled to Taiwan.Ĭhina has “serious concern over Speaker Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan and our firm opposition to the visit. However, a senior defense official told USNI News the ships, escorts and their air wings – already in the region – were prepared to linger as a contingency option. Pacific Fleet told USNI News on Monday afternoon.Ī Pentagon spokesman told USNI News on Monday that the ships were operating normally in the region and would not detail force protection measures for the visit of the third highest-ranking U.S.

An earlier version of this post indicated USS America (LHA-6) was underway but it is in port in Sasebo, Japan, U.S. 1 edition of the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to the region, according to the Aug. capital ships and their escorts are operating in the Western Pacific near Taiwan, USNI News has learned.Īircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and big deck amphibious ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), with Marine F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters embarked, are operating in the vicinity of Taiwan, on the edge of the South China Sea ahead of a Western Pacific visit from U.S. This post has been corrected to show USS America (LHA-6) is in port. USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) conducts an archipelagic sea lane passage through the San Bernardino Strait, on July 30, 2022.

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