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U.S. FONOPs by
India 18
17
China 16
15
Indonesia 14
13
Ecuador
Taiwan
Egypt
8
8
9
11
12
State and
7
Libya
Venezuela
Peru
6
6
6
6
7
Number of Years
6
Liberia
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
5
5
5
6
6
under Challenge
FY 1991 - 2017
5
Albania 5
4
Japan 4
4
Argentina 4
3
Thailand 3
3
South Korea 3
3
Croatia 3
2
Sweden 2
2
Saudi Arabia 2
2
Mauritania 2
2
Cuba 2
1
Slovenia 1
1
Nigeria 1
1
Kenya 1
1
Acknowledgement: Tuan Anh Luc, ‘The
Haiti 1
Congo
1
1
US Freedom of Navigation Operations in
1
Cameroon 1
1
the South China Sea’, forthcoming.
Angola 1
0 5 10 15 20 25
US FONOPs Under Obama and Trump
No. US Navy Ship Date Location
1. USS Lassen (DDG-82) Oct 2015 Subi Reef, Northeast Cay, Southwest
Cay, South Reef, and Sandy Cay
2. USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) Jan 30, 2016 Triton Island
5. USS Dewey (DDG-105) May 24, 2017 Mischief Reef and other artificial islands