DoD freedom of navigation operations challenged 22 countries last year

摘要

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) annual report on its freedom of navigation (FoN) operations highlighted the programme's wide remit, which last year included allies such as Japan as well as high-profile competitors such as China. 'The DoD FoN programme is comprehensive in scope and executed in an even-handed manner, challenging excessive maritime claims based on principle rather than identity of the coastal state asserting the claim,' the Pentagon said in a 6 March statement.