Pentagon Releases Footage Of Hundreds Of Aircraft Intercepts By Chinese Planes

 

FOX News: US had over 180 risky interactions with Chinese aircraft over last 2 years, DOD warns 

The aircraft incidents are part of a larger trend of volatile behavior in east Asian regions 

The U.S. Department of Defense is telling the media that aircraft are experiencing an uptick in "coercive and risky" interactions with Chinese planes. DOD officials outlined the trend at a press conference Tuesday and provided newly declassified photos and videos of relevant incidents. 

"Since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents," said Assistant Defense Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner. 

"More in the past two years than in the decade before that. That's nearly 200 cases where PLA operators have performed reckless maneuvers or discharged chaff or shot off flares or approach to rapidly or too close to U.S. aircraft."  

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WNU Editor: The Chinese are not impressed .... Playing ‘a-thief-crying-stop-thief’ trick, Pentagon hypes ‘China-threat’ with new images of PLA’s legitimate intercepts of US surveillance aircraft (Global Times). 

Pentagon Releases Footage Of Hundreds Of Aircraft Intercepts By Chinese Planes 

Pentagon releases footage of hundreds of 'highly concerning' aircraft intercepts by Chinese planes -- AP  

Pentagon releases footage of almost 200 intercepts of US warplanes by Chinese aircraft -- The Hill  

US accuses China of 'coercive and risky' behavior in the air over the Pacific -- CNN  

Pentagon Officials Provide Data on Unsafe Chinese Fighter Intercepts Over Western Pacific -- USNI News  

US declassifies images of risky Chinese intercepts over West Pacific -- Business Insider  

Watch: Pentagon releases new footage showing uptick in Chinese jets harassing U.S. aircraft -- Politico  

Videos show Chinese planes coming with 20 feet of US fighter jets and 'flashing their weapons' -- Daily Mail

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