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| A US underwater drone seized by China last week has now been returned, the Pentagon has confirmed. | |
| The drone was handed over close to the location it was seized, some 92km north-west of Subic Bay. | |
| A statement said the US will "fly, sail, and operate in the South China Sea" where international law allows. | |
| China captured the vessel in international waters last Thursday, in one of the most serious confrontations between the powers in decades. | |
| "After friendly consultations between the Chinese and U.S. sides, the handover was smoothly completed at midday", China's defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. | |
| The Pentagon had said the drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was being used to carry out scientific research at the time it was captured. | |
| It added that the incident was inconsistent with international law and codes of conduct between navies at sea, and that it would continue to investigate. | |
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