US Navy sails along disputed islets

- A US Navy ship in the South China Sea islands close by dangers which are claimed by China, among others.

The trip was intended, according to the US Department of Defense to test,, the freedom of navigation '' which will be stifled by the countries that the islets considered as property. Besides China, Vietnam and Taiwan.

The US ship, the USS Curtis Wilbur, enter less than 20 kilometers along Triton, one of the Paracel Islands. According to the Pentagon, there were at that time no Chinese vessels in the vicinity.