Adjunct Professor Lawrence Brennan was quoted in Business Insider where he analyzes the current issues between US Navy and China involving innocent passage.
Lawrence Brennan, a former US Navy captain and an expert on maritime Law told Business Insider that not only are military freedom of navigation patrols but that the Chinese navy has passed through US territorial waters in the past.
According to Brennan, as long as navy ships “go through in normal mode, not exercising weapons, not painting targets with radar, and leave a gentle footprint,” these type of operations happen routinely and without incident.