Uhh, Tyler, you know this already happened right? You’re a little late to the punch bowl buddy

Guys, this already happened LOL, too bad for the hawks getting wet off of retataliation fantasies. You don’t even give a shit about conduct, you just want an excuse to escalate US imperialism in the area

Moose has it right. FoN missions like what the Chinese did mean turning off anything military related during passage. This isn’t that. It also isn’t belligerence, though it may be perceived as such by the Chinese.

I believe you are mistaken about this being a Freedom of Navigation mission. You conduct FoN passes through the recognized territory of another state, the US does not recognize the artificial islands or the waters around them as being PRC territory. When making a FoN pass, you usually turn off everything that looks…

Isn’t this a waste of our defense budget?