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This is actually a very important word that totally changes the meaning. US insists that "OTHER nations must obey the law", not "ALL nations must obey the law". Feel the difference? ;) |
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The [[United States]]' '''Freedom of Navigation''' program challenges territorial claims on the world's oceans and airspace that are considered excessive by the United States, using diplomatic protests and/or by interference. The United States position is an insistence that |
The [[United States]]' '''Freedom of Navigation''' program challenges territorial claims on the world's oceans and airspace that are considered excessive by the United States, using diplomatic protests and/or by interference. The United States position is an insistence that nations must obey the international law of the sea as stated by the [[UN Law of the Sea Convention]]. Some coastal states make claims that the United States see as inconsistent with international law, which, if unchallenged, would limit navigational freedoms of the vessels and aircraft of the U.S. and other countries. |
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On several occasions, U.S. armed forces have conducted operations in areas claimed by other countries, such as operations in the [[Gulf of Sidra]] in the 1980s. Throughout the years U.S. forces have been performing "Freedom of Navigation" operations in the [[Straits of Gibraltar]], [[Strait of Hormuz]], [[Malacca]], the [[Indonesian Archipelago]], the [[Black Sea]], and occasionally the [[Canadian Arctic]]. |
On several occasions, U.S. armed forces have conducted operations in areas claimed by other countries, such as operations in the [[Gulf of Sidra]] in the 1980s. Throughout the years U.S. forces have been performing "Freedom of Navigation" operations in the [[Straits of Gibraltar]], [[Strait of Hormuz]], [[Malacca]], the [[Indonesian Archipelago]], the [[Black Sea]], and occasionally the [[Canadian Arctic]]. |
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Revision as of 18:08, 21 April 2007
The United States' Freedom of Navigation program challenges territorial claims on the world's oceans and airspace that are considered excessive by the United States, using diplomatic protests and/or by interference. The United States position is an insistence that other nations must obey the international law of the sea as stated by the UN Law of the Sea Convention. Some coastal states make claims that the United States see as inconsistent with international law, which, if unchallenged, would limit navigational freedoms of the vessels and aircraft of the U.S. and other countries.
On several occasions, U.S. armed forces have conducted operations in areas claimed by other countries, such as operations in the Gulf of Sidra in the 1980s. Throughout the years U.S. forces have been performing "Freedom of Navigation" operations in the Straits of Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Malacca, the Indonesian Archipelago, the Black Sea, and occasionally the Canadian Arctic.
One of the notable operations conducted as part of Freedom of Navigation program[1] was performed by USS Yorktown, during which, on February 12, 1988 she was "nudged" by Soviet frigate Bezzavetny in an attempt to divert the vessel out of Soviet-clamed territorial waters; some observers have called the event "the last incident of the Cold War."
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