Chinese fighter jet came within 3m of US military aircraft, US says


WASHINGTON (Reuters): A Chinese military plane came within 10 feet (3m) of a US air force aircraft in the contested South China Sea last week and forced it to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision in international airspace, the US military said on Thursday (Dec 29).

The close encounter followed what the United States has called a recent trend of increasingly dangerous behaviour by Chinese military aircraft.

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