A Russian-Chinese flotilla sailed toward the Northern Pacific Ocean on Monday while the United States deployed two warships for homeland defense operations to protect Alaska.
According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, a total of nine Russian and Chinese warships transited the La Perouse Strait, a designated international waterway known as the Soya Strait, eastward from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk from Sunday to Monday.
The Russian-Chinese naval formation would reach the wider Northern Pacific Ocean by sailing further to the east and passing through Russia’s Kuril Islands. The warships would also arrive near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska if they were on a northeastward voyage.
The joint naval sailing by Russia and China came as the U.S. Navy deployed cruiser USS Lake Erie and destroyer USS Sterett to the Northern Pacific Ocean and the Aleutian Islands, respectively, while the U.S. Army sent three units to the remote Shemya Island of the archipelago.
The Lake Erie, which is homeported in San Diego, California, has conducted what the Navy called homeland defense operations in the Northern Pacific Ocean since September 18. It was still underway in the area as of Sunday, according to photos released by the service.
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