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Chinese jets involved in another 'unsafe' intercept of U.S. reconnaissance plane, Pentagon says

U.S. and Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3 Orions fly over the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Houston on the final day of the Keen Sword exercises in December 2010. | U.S. NAVY

By Jesse Johnson
Staff Writer

May 27, 2017

For the second time in a week, a U.S. military plane has been intercepted by Chinese fighter jets in an "unprofessional" and "unsafe" manner, the Pentagon said Saturday.

The latest incident, which occurred over the disputed South China Sea, came Wednesday when two Chinese J-10 aircraft intercepted a U.S. Navy P-3 Orion surveillance plane operating in international airspace above the strategic waterway, Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Gary Ross told The Japan Times.

"The aircrew deemed the intercept unsafe and unprofessional," Ross said, adding that operations were able to continue unimpeded afterward.

Chinese jets involved in another 'unsafe' intercept of U.S. reconnaissance plane, Pentagon says

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