(Washington Composite Electric) China U.S. military aircraft in the past half a year /A>.The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday (May 30) that a Chinese J-16 fighter aircraft was intercepting an U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft on Friday (26th).In front of the RC-135, the US machine was forced to fly through the tail of the machine.
The video recorded by the U.S. reconnaissance aircraft cockpit on the 26th shows that the Chinese fighter aircraft flying from right to the left, and the US aircraft was obviously shaking.U.S. officials said that Chinese fighters were about 400 feet away from the United States at that time.
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued a statement saying that the RC-135 was performing safety and routine tasks on the international airspace of the South China Sea at the time, and the operation complied with international law.The statement emphasizes that "the United States will continue to fly, sail and operate safely and responsibly within the scope permitted by international law."
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Mao Ning said on Wednesday (31st) to answer media inquiries at a regular press conference: "The United States has long -term frequent shipping machines to conduct detecting China to detect China.Provoked dangerous actions are the root causes of maritime safety issues. "
She also said: "The United States should immediately stop such dangerous provocations. China will continue to take necessary measures to firmly maintain their sovereignty and security."
Earlier, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the United States > Emphasize China's position on this incident and calls on the United States to stop passing responsibilities to China.
China has sovereign disputes with multiple neighboring countries in the South China Sea. Beijing has repeatedly stated that the US warships and aircraft entering the South China Sea are not conducive to peace.
The United States: The timing of the announcement of the incident has nothing to do.
A few days ago, the US Department of Defense said that China has rejected US hopesThe Minister of Defense of the two countries met at the Shangri -La dialogue in Singapore this week.An anonymous senior official of the US Department of Defense clarified that the time for the announcement of the announcement has nothing to do with Beijing's rejection of the two countries' defense ministers.He said that it is now published because the decryption requires certain procedures, and it also needs to be communicated with diplomatic communication.
The official said that the Pentagon did not believe that this was an interception of Chinese pilots' own claims, and said that this interception operation was a universal behavior model existing in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and other places.
The United States recently pointed out that Chinese ships have recently resorted to dangerous interception and confrontation.In December last year, a military aircraft flying to the US Air Force was less than 10 feet away from the US Air Force. The US aircraft had to avoid it to avoid collisions in the international airspace.
The worst accident in the Chinese and US military aircraft occurred in 2001. A U.S. Navy EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft collided with a Chinese fighter aircraft in mid-air.Chinese fighters crashed, pilots were not found on the plane, and EP-3 landed on Hainan Island.This incident caused a China -US diplomacy crisis. Ten days later, 24 US crew members were released.
