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South China Sea dispute: the three Chinese and US ships involved in the escalating row
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The People’s Liberation Army sent two of its ships to the South China Sea on Tuesday morning (local time) to warn a US Navy guided-missile destroyer after it sailed close to China’s man-made islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago.
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China’s own guided-missile destroyer Lanzhou and the frigate Taizhou issued the warning to the USS Lassen when it entered waters within 12 nautical miles (22km) of the Mischief and Subi reefs.
Defence spokesman Yang Yujun said the PLA would take all steps to protect national security.
However, a US official said on Tuesday that in future it would send more warships to sail close to the artificial islands built by Beijing in the South China Sea,
Here we take a look at the three ships involved in Tuesday’s incident in disputed waters.
USS Lassen (DDG82)
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