U.S warships sail Taiwan Strait for the first time since Pelosi visit.

The US Navy sent two warships through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday for the first time since the Taiwan visit of the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi. The U.S Navy cruisers sailed through a corridor in the Strait that is 'beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state'. U.S 7th fleet in a statement said that the guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam & USS Chancellorsville were conducting 'routine transit.' The U.S operation comes at a time of heightened tensions between U.S & China over Taiwan. China's PLA had conducted unprecedented military drills around the island nation that it views as its own territory, after several U.S lawmakers visited Taiwan earlier this month.