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China Hits Back at U.S. Over Jet’s Close Call With Spy Plane

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The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command had accused the Chinese fighter of being “unnecessarily aggressive.”

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

A Chinese fighter jet intercepting a U.S. RC-135 in the South China Sea.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

Breaking News Editor

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