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Maya Yang

Chinese warships spotted off Alaska coast, US Coast Guard says

A Chinese warship navigates on waters near Pengjia Islet in northern Taiwan.
A Chinese warship navigates on waters near Pengjia Islet in northern Taiwan. Photograph: Taiwan Coast Guard/Reuters

Multiple Chinese military warships were spotted off the coast of Alaska over the weekend, the US Coast Guard announced.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the US Coast Guard said that it detected three vessels approximately 124 miles (200km) north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, as well as another vessel approximately 84 miles (135km) north of the Amukta Pass, a strait between the Bering Sea and the north Pacific Ocean.

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