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Bloomberg: China, U.S. Warplanes Had ‘Unsafe’ Encounter in South China SeaTwo military aircraft from China and the U.S. had an “unsafe” encounter over a disputed part of the South China Sea, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said on Friday, the first publicly confirmed incident since May last year.
A People’s Liberation Army Air Force KJ-200 surveillance plane had “an interaction characterized by U.S. Pacific Command as ‘unsafe’” with a Navy P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft, Pacific Command spokesman Major Robert Shuford said in an e-mail. CNN earlier reported the planes flew within 1,000 feet of each other in the general vicinity of the Scarborough Shoal.
“We will address the issue in appropriate diplomatic and military channels,” Shuford said. “The U.S. Navy P-3C was on a routine mission operating in accordance with international law.”
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