A Chinese fighter jet got within 10 feet of a US Air Force B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea on October 24, US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement on Thursday.
  • PugJesus@kbin.social
    172·
    11 months ago

    Ultimately, it’s just (accident-risking) dickwaving that means nothing. It’s for domestic consumption by Chinese nationalists.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      I’d imagine they also want to change the risk-assessment for militaries considering operations near China’s magical dotted line.

  • pgp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    A Chinese fighter jet over the south CHINA Sea, who could have figured that?

    Now, is anyone going to ask what was an American jet doing there?