Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted September 17, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted September 17, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — ******** warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said. The U.S. aircraft was a P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance plane, capable of conducting long-range anti-submarine warfare, according to a statement by the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command. ******** military forces “organized warplanes to tail and monitor the U.S. aircraft’s flight and handled it in accordance with the law,” said Li Xi, a senior colonel and spokesperson for the command. “Theater command troops will remain on constant high alert and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and security as well as regional peace and stability,” he added. The U.S. Navy didn’t immediately comment on the incident. China claims the self-ruled island of Taiwan as its own territory and bristles at other countries’ patrolling the body of water separating it from the island. On Friday, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up in its first transit of the disputed waters in more than two decades, drawing criticism from Beijing. In 2001, a U.S. surveillance plane and a ******** navy fighter collided mid-air near the ******** island province of Hainan, resulting in the ******** pilot’s ******. The U.S. said its plane was in international airspace and the accident was the result of reckless flying by the ******** side. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #China #tailed #spy #plane #sensitive #Taiwan #Strait This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/128385-china-says-it-tailed-a-us-spy-plane-through-the-sensitive-taiwan-strait/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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