Chinese Fighter Crosses Within 30 Feet Of US P-8, White House Blasts “Provocative Action”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
08/22/2014
It appears China is as happy as Russia to show just how little respect it has for the US’ superpower ‘hegemony’ status. In May China flew close to Japan’s airforce; in June, Russia flew nose-to-nose with the US; and now The Pentagon reports a Chinese fighter plane came within 30 feet of a US Navy Poseidon 8 plane. The ‘Top-Gun’ move came after several passes across the nose of the P-8 about 220km east of China’s Hainan Island. The US has registered “strong concerns” with the Chinese government about “unsafe and unprofessional” conduct and The White House called the incident a “provocative action.”
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