US officials stated the USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group CSG will be remain in the Taiwan strait since the visit of Nancy Pelosi. The White House boasted the US Navy will not be stopped in the Indo-Pacific despite the intense Chinese military drills.
US To Monitor Taiwan Strait
The Biden administration is going to deploy US Navy ships and planes to transit Taiwan Strait in the next two weeks, as revealed last Thursday, reported RT.
Pentagon has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and her escorts to stay close to Taiwan, according to National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby.
The USS Ronald Reagan and her carrier strike group, based in Japan was sent to the East China Sea recently, prior to the trip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei, noted Politico.
China claims her actions have broken the One China Policy that has always been upheld until now, which has prompted Beijing to fire missiles and conduct drills across the island.
Tensions going off the charts have prompted the departure of the USS Ronald Reagan CSG to hang around the strait, said Kirby. He condemned the Chinese weapons tests as uncalled for and said they do not foster peace in the Indo-Pacific region.
Kirby emphasized that the US will continue to operate in the Western Pacific's waters and skies following international law, as it has for decades, supporting Taiwan and protecting a free and open Indo-Pacific. To match the PLA's reaction in the Strait, the USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group will be in the Taiwan strait and its ships will transit in the following two weeks.
White House had confirmed previously reported delays in the launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile by the US Air Force (ICBM).
Kirby asserted that the test would happen shortly and that the US nuclear deterrence was safe, secure, and effective.
Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan Caused Provocation
According to sources, the Pentagon called off a Minuteman ICBM launch due to China's drills near Taiwan.
The Pelosi visit had a more significant effect, as Beijing was enraged by her decision to disregard the One China Policy. More warheads are being fired off by PLA forces as a show of force is being put on, which prompted Washington to abandon its plan to test a nuclear weapon last Thursday.
Wall Street Journal initially reported the delay, citing anonymous Department of Defense sources. Air Force Brigadier-General Patrick Ryder, the newly chosen Pentagon spokesman, will not take office until later this month.
General Ryder stated that the missile launch was halted to avoid any misconceptions in light of the PRC's actions in Taiwan. He said the Chinese People's Liberation Army, PLA Eastern Theater Command began intensive military drills in six zones around the island, including the use of a dozen hypersonic missiles.
The Chinese government is enraged by the US state visit, which it describes as extremely provocative. Additionally, the US government's reckless actions have shattered the One China Policy.
Lately, the US has a habit of not launching its supposed advanced weapons each time it angers either Russia or China. One example is the Kremlin that freely launched its Sarmat 2 missile because NATO and the US spoke in warlike tones. The status of the Minuteman nuclear ICBM is still not confirmed till now.
The presence of the USS Ronald Reagan CSG in the Taiwan Strait is a force projection of the Biden administration that has stemmed from its uncalled-for provocation.
