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The US is about to blow up a fake warship in the South China Sea – but naval rivalry with Beijing is very real and growing

  • Written by Krista Wiegand, Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee
The US is about to blow up a fake warship in the South China Sea – but naval rivalry with Beijing is very real and growingA Marine amphibious assault vehicle takes part in a 2019 joint U.S.-Philippines exercise.Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images

As part of a joint military exercise with the Philippines, the U.S. Navy is slated to sink a mock warship on April 26, 2023, in the South China Sea.

The live-fire drill is not a response to increased tensions with China over...

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