China denies its jets operated dangerously in US encounter
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday denied its fighter jet pilots operated dangerously during an encounter with a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace in which the American pilot took evasive action to avoid a possible collision. Spokesman Ren Guoqiang said in a statement on the defense ministry's microblog that the performance of the pilots of the two J-10 fighters was "legal, necessary and professional." Ren criticized frequent close-in surveillance runs by U.S. planes as raising the chance of accidents, saying such missions ...
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