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USS Curtis Wilbur
![2 US Warships Transit Taiwan Strait 2 US Warships Transit Taiwan Strait](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-25_07-31-46.jpg)
2 US Warships Transit Taiwan Strait
By Steven Stashwick
Passage by a cruiser and destroyer follows similar transit in July.
![South China Sea: US Navy Destroyer Asserts Freedom of Navigation in Paracel Islands South China Sea: US Navy Destroyer Asserts Freedom of Navigation in Paracel Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-21_15-27-00.jpg)
South China Sea: US Navy Destroyer Asserts Freedom of Navigation in Paracel Islands
By Ankit Panda
The FONOP is the first to take place since a July ruling on China's claims in the South China Sea.
![FONOPs to Preserve the Right of Innocent Passage? FONOPs to Preserve the Right of Innocent Passage?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-25_07-31-46.jpg)
FONOPs to Preserve the Right of Innocent Passage?
By Jonathan G. Odom
Despite popular misconception, that is hardly mission impossible.
![South China Sea Update: Assessing the US Freedom of Navigation Operation in the Paracel Islands South China Sea Update: Assessing the US Freedom of Navigation Operation in the Paracel Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_15-44-21.jpg)
South China Sea Update: Assessing the US Freedom of Navigation Operation in the Paracel Islands
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss recent developments in the South China Sea.
![China Rejects Latest US FONOP in the South China Sea China Rejects Latest US FONOP in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_15-44-21.jpg)
China Rejects Latest US FONOP in the South China Sea
By Shannon Tiezzi
The second U.S. FONOP had a different legal rationale than the first -- and sparked a different Chinese response.
![Return of the FONOP: US Navy Destroyer Asserts Freedom of Navigation in Paracel Islands Return of the FONOP: US Navy Destroyer Asserts Freedom of Navigation in Paracel Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-30_19-10-55.jpg)
Return of the FONOP: US Navy Destroyer Asserts Freedom of Navigation in Paracel Islands
By Ankit Panda
On Saturday, the USS Curtis Wilbur sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the Paracel Islands.
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