China Tension: US Navy Sends Littoral Combat Ships to ‘bolster Attack Strength in South China Sea’

The US Navy is strengthening its presence in the South China Sea by deploying two Independence-class ships specialising in nearshore operations.

This deployment of the littoral combat ships suggested that the US strategy had switched from reconnaissance and deterrence to increasing its attack capability, a Beijing-based think tank said.

The USS Gabrielle Giffords left Singapore’s Changi naval base on a mission on November 15, according to ship tracking information, while the USS Montgomery conducted a joint operation with two Australian warships between November 6 and 12.

Both ships were active in the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes, where China’s claims over the waters conflict with those of a number of neighbouring countries.

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