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Chinese fighter jets buzz US Navy surveillance plane outside Hong Kong
Fox News ^ | May 26, 2017 | Lucas Tomlinson

Posted on 05/27/2017 7:42:07 PM PDT by kevin_in_so_cal

Two Chinese J-10 fighter jets with air-to-air missiles under its wings flew within 200 yards of a U.S. Navy P-3 surveillance plane approximately 150 miles southeast of Hong Kong this week, a U.S. defense official told Fox News on Friday.

The official said the Chinese fighter jets were “unsafe” in their actions toward the U.S. reconnaissance plane in international airspace Wednesday. One of the Chinese jets flew out in front of the Navy plane before conducting a series of slow turns which the American crew considered unsafe, the official added.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicom; icc; notchineseairspace; oursstayaway
I saw this come through yesterday, and haven't seen it on FR yet. I thought it was relevant.
1 posted on 05/27/2017 7:42:08 PM PDT by kevin_in_so_cal
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To: kevin_in_so_cal

This hearkens back to one of those instances in which GWB in his first months of office did not push back against the PRC. Because of 9/11 just months afterward that incident got little sustained attention. I hope DJT continues to show resolve.


2 posted on 05/27/2017 7:45:22 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: kevin_in_so_cal

Wong Wei flies again?


3 posted on 05/27/2017 7:49:54 PM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: aposiopetic

Me too. Who can forget the Hainan Island incident from 2001. I pray our men and women stay safe out there.


4 posted on 05/27/2017 7:52:58 PM PDT by kevin_in_so_cal (MAGA)
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Here's the EPE-3 that PRC pilot crashed into all those years back near Hainan Island:

Out of control, they were desperately smashing up and chucking out sensitive stuff all the way to landing and then for some time after.

The entire nosecone came off, the body of the Chinese pilot (whose name --not kidding-- was WONG WEI) was never recovered.

The Chinese in fact did recover a LOT of stuff from the plane, though.

The crew were "guests" for about 10 days or so, as I recall.

There was a forma apology and some type of payment, as I recall.

5 posted on 05/27/2017 8:05:36 PM PDT by gaijin
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Here's the secret underwater submarine entrance INTO Hainan Island:


6 posted on 05/27/2017 8:07:43 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin
Hainan Island, different angle:


7 posted on 05/27/2017 8:09:15 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: kevin_in_so_cal

“I pray our men and women stay safe out there.”

Occupational hazard. Fighter cowboys are the same throughout the world. These games of “chicken” are the same for everyone.

From the 60’s to present, the Russians have been invading American air space over the Alaskan peninsula with all kinds of aircraft causing our fighters to scramble and invite them to leave with some of the same tactics used by the Chinese here.

What goes around...........

rwood


8 posted on 05/27/2017 8:10:16 PM PDT by Redwood71
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9 posted on 05/27/2017 8:13:34 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: gaijin

Doesn’t seem to be much of a secret.


10 posted on 05/27/2017 8:14:25 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: gaijin

Probably trying to get another one to see if we have any improvements.


11 posted on 05/27/2017 9:06:32 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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"Who can forget the Hainan Island incident from 2001."

Given that incident, isn't there some way to provide an escort, or some other protection, when they're flying near the Chicoms?

12 posted on 05/27/2017 9:17:47 PM PDT by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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just part of the job description

an escort would only increase luminous of a incident which no one wants


13 posted on 05/27/2017 10:18:07 PM PDT by vooch (America First)
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To: Flag_This

I used to fly on AWACS C-121’s in the late ‘60’s and we usually had a fighter CAP in the Gulf of Tonkin.


14 posted on 05/27/2017 10:47:25 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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