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A dangerous scene was staged where an American reconnaissance plane and a Chinese fighter jet came close to colliding near an area that China claims to be their territory.
China and the United States have criticized each other while releasing videos taken by each other.
Reporter Kim Yong-cheol will give you more details.
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On the 21st of last month, in the air over the Shisa Islands in the South China Sea.
A Chinese fighter approaches to the left of the American reconnaissance aircraft.
The fighter, which closed the distance by moving forward, soon moved away as it ascended.
The US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that "a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft operating over high seas was threatened by Chinese Navy J-11 fighter jets."
The US military explained, "The Chinese fighters made dangerous flights approaching up to 6m away and making evasive maneuvers."
In response, the People's Liberation Army Command of China released a video filmed at the time, saying that the US reconnaissance aircraft threatened first.
"The American reconnaissance aircraft suddenly changed direction and forced the Chinese fighter to move to the left," he said.
[Wang Wenbin/ Spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry (29th of last month): The US should stop such dangerous provocations and not try to blame China.]
When two planes flying at over 800 km/h approach, it can lead to a major accident in an instant. there is.
In fact, in 2001, a Chinese fighter plane collided with a US reconnaissance plane over Hainan Island in the South China Sea, killing a Chinese pilot and causing the US reconnaissance plane to make an emergency landing.
China claims most of the South China Sea as its territory and is turning it into a military base, but the United States does not recognize this and is conducting military operations.
Concerns over a physical conflict between the US and China are growing as dangerous military operations continue in the South China Sea amid a war of nerves over Taiwan.
(Video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)