Nearly a dozen Russian and Chinese ships now moving away from Alaska, officials say
The 11 Russian and Chinese ships that sailed near Alaska's Aleutian Islands as part of a joint exercise are now moving away from the region, according to two officials The nearly dozen Russian and Chinese ships that sailed near Alaska's Aleutian Islands last week as part of a joint exercise -- leading the U.S. to deploy warships and aircraft to monitor the formation -- are now moving away from the region, according to two American officials. In response to the ships' movements near the island chain, four U.S. Navy destroyers operating in the Pacific Ocean had monitored the ships' movements from various distances, one of the U.S. officials said. Both officials stressed that the 11 Russian and Chinese ships remained in international waters and did not sail into U.S. territorial waters, which stretch out 12 miles from the Alaskan coastline. The U.S. officials declined to provide details on how close the Russian and Chinese ships got to American territory. The patrol m...