Chinese military ships spotted near Alaska's Aleutian islands

Chinese Navy ships were spotted inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea by a cutter on a routine patrol late last week, the U.S.

Chinese Navy ships were spotted inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea by a cutter on a routine patrol late last week, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball saw three ships about 124 miles north of the Amchitka Pass, a strait in the the Aleutian Islands, a remote archipelago that stretches 1,200 miles from the Alaska Peninsular.

The crew of a Coast Guard plane stationed on Kodiak Island saw a fourth Chinese ship 84 miles north of the Amukta Pass, which lies between the islands of Amutka and Seguam.

The Chinese ships were in international waters, but within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, which stretches 200 nautical miles from the U.S. shoreline, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

The Coast Guard said that both it and the U.S. Northern Command were “fully aware” of the Chinese ships’ progress.

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