US Coast Guard Detects Chinese Military Ships Near Alaska

Published on July 11, 2024

A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea spotted several Chinese military ships about 124 miles from Alaska’s coast, according to officials. Three Chinese military vessels were detected north of Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said in a July 10 news release. A helicopter crew operated by the Coast Guard spotted a fourth vessel some 84 miles north of Amukta Pass, located between the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Rear Adm. Megan Dean, Seventeenth Coast Guard District commander, said that the Chinese vessels were “transiting in international waters but still inside the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone,” which extends 200 nautical miles from the U.S. coast, according to the Coast Guard statement....

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