USS McCain

Poking China? Trump sends USS John McCain destroyer to South China Sea

US Navy destroyer, USS John McCain (not a typo), sailed within 12 miles of an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea on Thursday in what will be viewed by China as a “provocation” that will warrant a response from the Chinese government.
China has been engaged in a long standing dispute with its neighbors over its a network of artificial islands it constructed in the South China Sea.