https://web.archive.org/web/20230806173824/https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-and-china-sent-large-naval-patrol-near-alaska-127de28b
Four U.S. destroyers were dispatched to monitor Russian and Chinese ships in the area.
The ships traveled close to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, but never entered U.S. territorial waters. The US threatened to nuke no one . No scene was caused. In other news…
Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.”
Then why is the US angry about it?
No anger was expressed by actual military command.
Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.”
archive's link to wall street journal must be down. their credentials were blocked or something. Keeps saying "Continue reading your article with a WSJ subscription" both in your link above and after trying it again here: https://archive.is/AhWf1
No dice. :(
In response, the US angrily condemned the move as "actions of aggressors looking to start a nuclear war that will cause the extinction of mankind", and arranged for missile launches off the coast of their neighbouring country.
Oh wait, wrong country...
Maybe they would be more on edge if Mexico was doing yearly military exercises with China at the Texas border, simulating an invasion of the US.
Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.”
I heard you the first time.
They called it "highly provocative" (i.e. actions of aggressors) and sailed their warboats around as a show of force (basically "arranged for missile launches"). The parallels are pretty damn clear, even if the US's response was obscured with mealy mouthed politicking.