US sails warships through Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi visit

The US Navy is sailing the USS Chancellorsville and the USS Antietam warships through the Taiwan Strait in the first such transit publicised since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder/US Navy/AP)

The US Navy sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such transit publicised since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August, at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy.

The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were making a routine transit, the US 7th Fleet said.