After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait.

As HMCS Ottawa entered the busy and strategically critical body of water at sunrise, it was flanked by three Chinese warships armed with missiles and torpedoes. They mirrored Ottawa’s moves for the entire 17-hour crossing.

Canada made the journey along with the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, in what both countries describe as a freedom of navigation exercise.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      281·
      1 year ago

      The people there are Canadians. It should either be called Canadia or they should be called Canadans. They want it both ways. I don’t accept that. Hail Canadia!

    • downpunxx@kbin.social
      321·
      1 year ago

      canadia sailed a warship through the taiwan straight, and that’s a fuck you to the united states, how?

      • wrath-sedan@kbin.social
        19·
        1 year ago

        Canada made the journey along with the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, in what both countries describe as a freedom of navigation exercise.

        Also they literally went together lol

        EDIT: Top comment was not actually confused, but is really being dragged through the mud for a slightly ambiguous three emoji combo haha, sorry top comment.

      • steltek@lemm.ee
        411·
        1 year ago

        Maybe he only speaks “High School Emoji” and isn’t that fluent yet. Misunderstandings can happen like that.

          • steltek@lemm.ee
            21·
            1 year ago

            I didn’t even think I was being hostile? Does no one really remember thinking “embarasada” meant embarrassed in Spanish class?

            But now that I’ve checked back in with this thread and gotten a honestly pretty unexpected hostile reaction, yeah, let’s go with that then.