The US military said on Tuesday a Chinese fighter pilot had performed an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” near an American surveillance aircraft operating over the South China Sea last week theSun theSundaily provocation USA China WorldNews
TOPSHOT - This screen grab made from video taken on May 26, 2023 and released on May 30 by the US Indo-Pacific Command via the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service shows a J-16 fighter pilot from China flying in front of the nose of a US Air Force RC-135 aircraft over the South China Sea in international airspace.
“This kind of provocative, dangerous activity is the cause of the security issues on the seas,“ Mao said, calling on Washington to “immediately stop this form of dangerous provocation”. Video footage released by the US military shows a Chinese fighter plane crossing in front of the American aircraft, which can be seen shaking from the resulting turbulence.
China had sent aircraft to track and monitor the jet “in accordance with laws and regulations”, Zhang said.The Pentagon said the incident was part of a pattern of behaviour by China. The senior US defence official said the timing of the announcement of the South China Sea incident was unrelated to China’s refusal of the invitation, explaining that information “was subject to the US military declassification process and US diplomatic communication process”.
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