You can see the collision of the U.S. RC-135 aircraft and the J-11 Chinese aircraft

A Chinese A U.S. Air Force aircraft flying over the South China Sea was within 20 feet range of a jet fighter. The Air Force said if its pilot didn’t take evasive actions, the planes would have collided.

The video was posted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy J-11 can be seen flying dangerously close to the front of a U.S. Air Force RC-135. Indo-Pacific Command stated that the Air Force plane featured in the video was conducting routine operations in international aviation space. It was captured Dec. 21. The RC-135 aircraft is a reconnaissance plane.

If the planes had collided, it would have set off an international incident similar in nature to the 2001 collision that killed one Chinese pilot.

China is well-known for its ability to harass or challenge the military aircraft The U.S. and its allies over open water. China is particularly protective The strategically important South China Sea. China claims the region as its own. The U.S. will ignore that claim.

According to the Indo-Pacific command, a statement was made. “The U.S. Indo-Pacific Joint Force is dedicated to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and will continue to fly, sail, and operate at sea and in international airspace with due regard for the safety of all vessels and aircraft under international law.”

“We expect all countries in the Indo-Pacific region to use international airspace safely and in accordance with international law,” It went on.

There’s good reason for the U.S. to have intelligence assets in the region China must be closely monitored. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent saber-rattling Refer to Taiwan It is not inflaming tensions. Despite promises by Xi not to build military bases on contested waters, the Indo-Pacific Command Commander stated that China was establishing military bases. fully militarized Minimum three islands in South China Sea

A CHINESE NAVY JET FIGHTER CAME WITHIN 20 FEET OF A U.S. AIR FORCE PLANE FLYING OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE AIR FORCE SAYS IF ITS PILOT DIDN’T TAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS, THE PLANES WOULD HAVE COLLIDED.

THE U.S. INDOPACIFIC COMMAND RECENTLY PUBLISHED THIS VIDEO. SHOT ON 21 DECEMBER^ST, THE VIDEO SHOWS A CHINESE NAVY J-11 FIGHTER JET FLYING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE FRONT OF AN AIR FORCE RC-135. INDO-PACIFIC COMAND SAYS THAT THE AIR FORCE PLANE IS LAWFULLY CONDUCTING ROUTE OPERATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL.AIR SPACE.

HAD THE PLANES COMBINED, IT WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT SIMILAR to a 2001 AIR COLLISION WHICH LEFT ONE CHINESE PLOT DEAD.

CHINA IS KNOWN FOR HARASSING MILITARY AIRCRAFT FROM UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES IN OPEN WATERS, SPECIALLY THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. CHINA CONFIDENTIALIZES THE AREA. THE U.S. IS CONTENT WITH IGNORING THAT CLAIM.

THERE’S GOOD REASON FOR THE US TO HAVE INTELLIGENCE ASSETS IN THE REGION TO KEEP AN EYE ON CHINA. CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING’S RECENT SABER-RATTLING REGARDING TAIWAN IS ONLY INFLAMING TENSIONS.

Despite promises from XI SAYING HE WOULD NEVER INSTALL MILITARY BATES IN CONTESTED WATERS, THE COMMANDER FOR THE U.S. INDOPACIFIC COMMAND SAID THAT CHINA HAD FULLY MINITARIZED AT LEAST THREE ISLANDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE SPRING 2022.