The US has said a Chinese fighter pilot performed an “unnecessarily aggressive” manoeuvre during an intercept over the South China Sea.
In a statement, the US military command responsible for the Indo-Pacific said the Chinese J-16 aircraft carried out the manoeuvre last week and forced the US RC-135 plane to fly through its wake turbulence.
Such intercepts happen occasionally.
In December, a Chinese military plane came within 20ft of a US Air Force aircraft and forced it to take evasive action to avoid a collision in international airspace.
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