A U.S. Navy plane in the South China Sea was warned by the Chinese military to stay away and a Chinese fighter jet was scrambled to monitor it for
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., join 'Special Report' Common Ground to discuss the United States' pivotal partnership with Taiwan.plane recently flying over the South China Sea reportedly received an ominous radio warning from China before the country scrambled a jet to track the U.S. aircraft.
"No approaching any more or you will pay full responsibility," a voice from a Chinese air force ground station told a U.S. Navy P-8 flying outside of Chinese airspace over the South China Sea,Shortly after, a Chinese fighter jet positioned itself about 500 feet from the left wing of the U.S. plane, which continued on its course, for an over an hour before peeling away.
U.S. military officials say that the encounters are becoming more frequent in the South China Sea as China attempts to position itself as the dominant force in the area and claims control over many of the largely uninhabited islands in the sea."Typically we don’t get a response, sometimes we’ll get nonverbal responses. But overall we’re trying to encourage a safe and professional encounter while we’re both operating in international airspace," Capt. Will Toraason, the commander of U.S.
"Since I’ve been in the Navy, going on 18, 19 years now, I can tell you there is a dramatic change over that span, specifically the South China Sea," Cmdr. Marc Hines said, which is due in part to China
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