Posted on 02/24/2023 11:07:19 AM PST by nuconvert
he US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls, the biggest of which are home to Chinese military bases.
A voice, saying it’s coming from a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) airport, crackles over the radio of the US Navy P-8 Poseidon as a CNN crew, given rare access aboard the US flight, listens in.
"American aircraft. Chinese airspace is 12 nautical miles. Not approaching any more or you bear all responsibility,” it says.
In a few minutes, a Chinese fighter jet armed with air-to-air missiles intercepts the US plane, nestling in just 500 feet off its port side.
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Who got the job of cleaning up the CNN wee-wee?
Should have deployed them as chaff.
“The Chinese fighter jet was so close, the CNN crew could see the pilots turning their heads to look at them – and could make out the red star on the tail fins and the missiles it was armed with”
Phhhht......you ain’t gotta be THAT close to see all that.
cnn exaggerating for dramatic effect. SMH
Amazing, how did they know to pick one with a CNN crew...
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I do like the way you think, but is anyone at CNN hot enough to attract a missile?
I’m guessing that the Navy understands very well what might trigger a Chinese jet to challenge them. And if the American plane has a CNN news crew on board, and just happens to cross a line that triggers a Chinese jet to challenge them, it’s probably on purpose.
The US military is trying to get the US media to hype the aggressive danger of China.
Boy, we really want nuclear war, don’t we?
Did they wave?......................
Luckily our plane had a diversity hire as pilot so all is well...
“the red star on the tail fins...”
Also once again the lib media shows their utter ignorance and lack of accuracy.
The correct term is “vertical stabilizer”.....sheesh
“South China Sea”?
a few other countries would disagree with that.
Naming has power-
Call it that and China gets control over it.
Had to call that other thing-that-did-some-things from China the ChiComWuHu Coof, or you would get banned.
CNN - China News Network?
Why the hell is CNN taking joyrides on our fkn planes?!!
Pretty tame compared to the Cold War.
A few years ago, Rodrigo Duterte’s administration proceeded to call it the West Philippine Sea.
How does this fit in with the coming Global Sovereign default crisis?
They were close enough to see the pilots’ lack of gender fluidity and disregard of inclusivity and intersectionality.
Apparently, NBC news was on board also.
Or, you could really throw them for a loop at say “at the empenage.”
> Why the hell is CNN taking joyrides on our fkn planes?!!
Deep state approved propaganda exercise.
-PJ
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