Chinese Jet Fighter Shadows U.S. Aircraft Over South China Sea
Posted on AllSides February 24th, 2023
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A Chinese J-11 jet fighter, armed with four air-to-air missiles, appeared at the rear of an American P-8 patrol aircraft, passed above and settled a few hundred feet from the wing of the U.S. Navy plane.
“American aircraft, this is the PLA air force. You are approaching Chinese airspace. Keep a safe distance or you will be intercepted,” a Chinese military ground station broadcast to the P-8, using the abbreviation for the People’s Liberation Army.
Encounters such as the one on Friday over the South China Sea are now a...
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