The number of risky or reckless maneuvers conducted by Chinese military pilots near U.S. aircraft in the Asia-Pacific over the last two years has dramatically increased, according to U.S. defense officials.
“Since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents,” Ely Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, said on Tuesday. "More in the past two years than in the decade before that. That's nearly 200 cases where [People's Liberation Army] operators have performed reckless maneuvers, or discharged chaff or shot off flares or approach too rapidly or too close to U.S. aircraft."
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“Since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents,” Ely Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, said on Tuesday. "More in the past two years than in the decade before that. That's nearly 200 cases where [People's Liberation Army] operators have performed reckless maneuvers, or discharged chaff or shot off flares or approach too rapidly or too close to U.S. aircraft."
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The number of risky or reckless maneuvers conducted by Chinese military pilots near U.S. aircraft in the Asia-Pacific over the last two years has dramatically increased, according to U.S. defense officials. “Since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents,” Ely Ratner, the...
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