> The US has not ratified UNCLOS. You have no right to invoke it in your defense. You're the one who brought it up first. Also, the US generally adheres to the

> The US has not ratified UNCLOS. You have no right to invoke it in your defense. You're the one who brought it up first. Also, the US generally adheres to the principles of UNCLOS, as it specifically objects to only a single section (Part XI, the International Seabed Authority). > Article 25: 1. The coastal State may take the necessary steps in its territorial sea to prevent passage which is not innocent. But you omit this key part: > Every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baselines determined in accordance with this Convention. The Tawain Strait is more than 70 nautical miles wide, ergo, the middle part of the strait is reasonably outside the definition of "territorial sea."