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The U.S.-led study also would examine blocking strategic chokepoints used by Chinese tankers, including the Strait of Malacca; the Taiwan Strait; the Sunda Strait, located between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra; and the South China and East China Seas.

House lawmakers also want the Pentagon to explore the impact of blockading key waterways currently used by China for oil shipments, mainly from the Middle East, including the Strait of Malacca, the Taiwan Strait and the Sunda Strait, located between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra, as well as trade routes through the South China and East China Seas.

The volcano island located in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait between the main Java and Sumatra islands has erupted at least seven times since late Friday, Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center said.

Captain Prince was on deck, staring east toward Sunda Strait.

Johnny said, “Mr. Bowditch, sir, how do you sail against a current like that? Like they say it is in Sunda Strait?”