The United States maintains a fleet near Taiwan in case of Chinese aggression against the island nation, US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday said during an online conference, Report informs.
According to him, recently, the US Navy has been recording the activity of the Chinese fleet near Taiwan. In addition, as the admiral noted, it is necessary to take into account the statements of the head of the Indo-Pacific Command of the US Armed Forces, Admiral Philip Davidson, who in March at the hearings in the US Congress argued that Beijing may try to seize control of Taiwan before the end of this decade.