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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Barney Davis

US says Chinese fighter jet performed ‘aggressive’ manoeuvre over South China Sea

The United States has claimed a Chinese fighter jet flew aggressively close to their reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, forcing the American pilot to fly through the turbulent wake.

Declassified cockpit footage appears to show a Chinese J-16 fighter pilot turn and swoop into the path of a US RC-135 causing the US jet to rattle in what US chiefs are calling an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre”.

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