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Japan says Chinese fighter jet came within 150 feet of surveillance plane above Pacific
A Chinese fighter jet came within about 150 feet of a Japanese naval reconnaissance plane over the weekend, the Japanese ...
Japan and China trade blame over Chinese fighter jets flying close to Japanese planes
Japan and China are blaming each other after Tokyo raised concern that a Chinese fighter jet came dangerously close to ...
Pictures show Chinese jet buzzing US ally from aircraft carrier
A patrol aircraft dispatched by Japan—a treaty ally of the United States—was intercepted by fighter jets launched from a ...
Japan Says Chinese Fighter Jet Flew Too Close to Its Military Plane
The maneuvers over international waters in the Pacific last weekend prompted Japanese officials to warn China not to repeat ...
Japan protests Chinese fighter jet's 'abnormal approaches'
Japan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday a Chinese J-15 fighter jet's "abnormal approaches" brought it within 49 yards of ...
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China's fighter encounter with Japan signals Xi's hard line on security
BEIJING -- The latest incident involving Japanese and Chinese forces in the East China Sea underscores how Chinese President Xi Jinping is standing firm on security even as Beijing has taken steps ...
Why 2 Chinese aircraft carriers are operating in the Pacific together for the first time
The two Chinese carriers currently in the western Pacific employ the older “ski-jump” launch method for aircraft, with a ramp ...
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Chinese fighter skirts Japanese patrol plane during ‘unusual approach’
A Shenyang J-15 carrier-based fighter tailed a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol plane for 40 minutes Saturday ...
Chinese fighter jet crash in Myanmar blamed on mechanical failure
A Myanmar rebel group, the People's Liberation Army, claims responsibility for shooting down a Chinese-made fighter jet ...
Chinese jets fly as close as 45 metres to Japanese patrol planes in Pacific
Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to Japanese military patrol planes over the weekend, Tokyo said, after two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted operating simultaneously in the Pacific for ...
National Security Journal on MSN1d
China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter Summed Up in 4 Words
China has reportedly achieved a major upgrade for its J-20 “Mighty Dragon” stealth fighter, tripling the detection range of ...