South China Sea: the Second Front of the US-China Confrontation
... February 11, 2019, two U.S. guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance and USS Preble, passed 12 nautical miles of the Mischief Reef of the Spratly Islands, which by decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the South China Sea Arbitration, the Philippines v. China, were not recognized as islands, as insisted by Beijing, but as lowtide elevations that do not generate entitlement to maritime zones [ 1 ]. Accordingly, the passage of warships at any distance from them, as well as the implementation ...