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US deployed warships after China, Russia naval patrol near Alaska: WSJ

The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville transits the Philippine Sea on June 18, 2016. [File: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J Batchelder/US Navy via AP Photo]

The United States deployed four navy warships after Russian and Chinese naval forces conducted joint patrols near the Alaskan coast, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

At least 11 Russian and Chinese ships went close to the Aleutian Islands in the northern US state of Alaska, the WSJ report said, adding that the ships never entered US territorial waters and left. They were shadowed by four US destroyers and P-8 Poseidon aircraft.

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