the royal navy set a british warship sound through the taiwan strait after a busy period working with partners and allies in the east china sea we are now on route through the taiwan strait to visit vietnam and the vietnam people's navy read a tweet from the official account of hms richmond a frigate deployed with britain's aircraft carrier strike room the transit is undertaken to challenge beijing's claim to the waterway and marks a rare voyage by a non-us military vessel as for british media this is the first time a royal navy warship has transited through the taiwan strait which separates taiwan and mainland china the transit comes days after britain along with the united states has decided to provide australia with the technology and capability to deploy nuclear-powered submarines in action directed at deterring china in this video defense updates analyzes why hms richmond going through the taiwan strait is a critical tactical move by britain let's get started this video is sponsored by the free to play military vehicle combat game war thunder we talk a lot about military vehicles on this channel but what about trying them out for yourself in war thunder you can choose from more than NUMBER_TOKEN playable vehicles from the NUMBER_TOKENs to the NUMBER_TOKENs and go to battle on more than NUMBER_TOKEN theaters of war you can fly aircraft helicopters drive tanks and command ships of all types and sizes which have been carefully recreated from their real world counterparts it's available as a free download on pc playstation NUMBER_TOKEN and xbox one with cross-platform support so grab your friends and give it a try all viewers of defense updates that register using the link in the description below will also get a free premium tank aircraft or ship and three days of premium account time as a bonus
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