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South China Sea, the images of the "aggressive maneuver" of the Chinese jet against the US fighter

Already last December, a Chinese military plane had arrived less than three meters from a US fighter force it to perform evasive maneuvers to avoid collision.

31/05/2023

Reuters

The US Department of Defense has released images of the Chinese fighter jet that would have carried out an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver against a nearby US military aircraft. The affront took place over the South China Sea, in international airspace.

According to the statement of the US military command, the Chinese Shenyang J-16 aircraft forced the US RC-135 aircraft to fly in its wake of turbulence. A similar episode occurred about six months ago, when another Chinese military plane allegedly forced a US fighter to perform the necessary maneuvers to avoid the collision.