Two U.S. Navy warships were deployed near Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) on Wednesday, just two days after a collision between two Chinese vessels while pursuing a Philippine Coast Guard ship in the area, according to a Coast Guard spokesperson. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG-76) and the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) conducted freedom of navigation and overflight patrols around the shoal.

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