Taipei Times:

The US, Japan, and Australia conducted trilateral naval exercises in the South China Sea on Monday, the US Seventh Fleet announced yesterday.

It was their fifth joint operations this year, in the fleet’s area of operations, it said in a statement.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain joined the JS Kirisame of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, and the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Arunta…

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