Guided-missile destroyer the USS Barry undertook the ’freedom of navigation operation’, sailing through waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea a week after Beijing designated an official administrative district for the islands, raising the PLA’s ire. The US Navy said that it sought to assert the ’rights, freedoms and lawful uses of the sea recognized in international law’.
Waiting for the “US needs to immediately sink any Chinese boats sailing too fast and too close to us!” crowd.
China has no relevant navy.
Waiting for the "Trump's trying to start a war" crowd.