U.S. media: China -US military aircraft in the South China Sea and close close contact

A fighter aircraft loaded with missiles on Friday (February 24) on the South China Sea disputed islands on Friday (February 24) and a close -range contact with the US military patrol aircraft over the South China Sea.US military officials said that similar incidents occur almost every day and are becoming more and more dangerous, but the United States will continue to counterattack China's challenge to international water standards.

A reporter from the Wall Street Journal of the United States recorded the entire process of the incident.The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (February 24) that a Chinese J-11 jet fighter with four air-to-air missiles at the time appeared behind the US Navy P-8 patrol aircraft, from U.S. aircraftThe wing passes above and is parked hundreds of feet a few feet in front of the U.S. military wings.

Chinese military pilots warned US military aircraft through radio, saying that U.S. military planes are "approaching China's airspace" and urged U.S. military aircraft to maintain a safe distance, otherwise they will be intercepted.

U.S. military aircraft responded that the military aircraft was flying internationally.The reply from the ground station in China is: "Don't approach anymore, otherwise you will bear all responsibilities."

The above -mentioned military aircraft contact incident occurred north of the Xisha Islands (Vietnam called the "Prara Islands") north.Ten miles.China and Vietnam have advocated sovereignty over the islands, and China has military facilities on some local islands.

In response to China's increasing military existence in the South China Sea and militaryization of regional islands and reefs, the US patrol aircraft fly in the South China Sea almost every day.A reporter from the Wall Street Journal took a P-8 patrol aircraft on Friday to observe the ships, airplanes and facilities on the island with sensors such as cameras and radar.

After contacting the Chinese military aircraft in close range, the US Navy patrol aircraft then penetrated the Vietnam and China Sea south, and passed through the Nansha Islands (the Philippines called the "Sprlatley Islands"). China and Vietnam, Vietnam,Malaysia, the Philippines and other countries have advocated sovereignty on the islands.About one hour after the P-8 patrol aircraft flew away from the Xisha Islands, the Chinese fighter aircraft also opened the distance, and the US military aircraft did not find that the Chinese military aircraft was approaching.

P-8 patrol aircraft returned to its base on its base in Okinawa, Japan, and also flew nearly two Chinese navy destroyers, one in the northern Philippines and the other about 38 nautical miles outside the east coast of Taiwan.

Will Toraason, the commander of the US Navy's Western Pacific and Indian Ocean reconnaissance aircraft, said: "Long -term trend is that Chinese fighter pilots are getting more and more aggressive."

China advocates sovereignty over the South China Sea, and opposes US military aircraft and warships in the South China Sea Airspace to conduct close reconnaissance, accusing this behavior of endangering China's national security.

In December last year, a Chinese fighter met with a US reconnaissance aircraft in the South China Sea. At that time, the two military aircraft were only 20 feet (about 6 meters).