U.S. Says Chinese Jet Conducted ‘Unnecessarily Aggressive Maneuver’ On American Spy Plane Over South China Sea
The Defense Department has revealed that a Chinese fighter jet flew in front of the nose of a U.S. spy plane over the South China Sea last weekend. This marks another in a growing number of incidents involving China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and vessels. The Pentagon called the maneuver by the Chinese J-16 “unnecessarily aggressive,” forcing the U.S. RC-125 plane to fly through the jet’s bumpy wake turbulence. The Pentagon also stated that the U.S. plane was “conducting safe and routine operations… in accordance with international law.” This week, China rejected a meeting with ...