{"id":1941177,"date":"2023-05-31T07:28:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T11:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-fighter-jet-intercepts-us-plane-over-south-china-sea\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T07:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T11:30:48","slug":"chinese-fighter-jet-intercepts-us-plane-over-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-fighter-jet-intercepts-us-plane-over-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"China intercepts US plane in South China Sea."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-fighter-jet-intercepts-us-plane-over-south-china-sea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chinese Fighter Jet Endangers U.S. Aircraft in Aggressive Intercept<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0530\/c019045c-1d59-44b4-aced-f0c9af4a1e0f\/audio.mp3?length=2801421&#038;duration=233\"><\/div>\n<p>A Chinese fighter jet aggressively intercepted a U.S. aircraft earlier in the month, risking the lives of its crew and escalating tensions between the two nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe RC-135 was conducting safe and routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace, in accordance with international law,\u201d the Indo-Pacific Command statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate\u2014safely and responsibly\u2014wherever international law allows, and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Joint Force will continue to fly in international airspace with due regard for the safety of all vessels and aircraft under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident occurred on May 26, when a J-16 fighter pilot performed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-fighter-pilot-performed-an-unnecessarily-aggressive-maneuver-pentagon-says\/\" title=\"Pentagon accuses Chinese pilot of aggressive maneuver.\">unnecessarily aggressive maneuver<\/a> against a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane. The United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) released a statement on May 30, condemning the move and highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libs-hilariously-lose-their-thoughts-over-repeal-of-traveling-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"Libs Hilariously Lose Their Thoughts Over Repeal of Traveling Mask Mandate\">long-running pattern<\/a> of Chinese military aggression in the international airspace of the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf Beijing\u2019s intent is to somehow intimidate the United States out of operating according to international law, that hasn\u2019t worked [and] it\u2019s not going to work. But it is very reckless behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>China\u2019s communist regime and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neo-nazi-ukrainians-forefathers-of-antifa-instigated-and-participated-in-the-capitol-hill-riot-alongside-antifa\/\" title=\"Neo-Nazi Ukrainians (Forefathers of Antifa) Instigated and Participated in the Capitol Hill Riot Alongside Antifa\">military wing<\/a>, the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA), have a history of aggressive intercepts against nations operating in the region. Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, has warned that such behavior is \u201ctempting a crisis that could have geopolitical and geoeconomic implications.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>PLA\u2019s Dangerous Maneuvers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PLA aircraft come within tens of feet of allied aircraft<\/li>\n<li>PLA aircraft release flares and chaff<\/li>\n<li>PLA aircraft perform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-smokes-gavin-newsom-in-single-tweet-for-running-ads-attacking-florida\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro Smokes Gavin Newsom In Single Tweet For Running Ads Attacking Florida\">dangerous maneuvers<\/a> around aircraft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These maneuvers have succeeded in forcing U.S. and allied aircraft out of international airspace in some incidents. However, the United States remains committed to operating in accordance with international law and will not be intimidated by China\u2019s reckless behavior.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese fighter jet dangerously intercepted a U.S. aircraft, increasing tensions between the two nations. The incident occurred on May 26 when a J-16 fighter pilot performed an aggressive maneuver against a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane, as stated by United States Indo-Pacific Command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":1941178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4501,18787,9530,10574,3960],"class_list":["post-1941177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-china","tag-intercepts","tag-plane","tag-sea","tag-south"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}