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Sunday, August 24, 2014

China Rejects U.S. Accusations, Calls Its Fighter Jet Intercept ‘Professional’

J-11 (Flanker B+)China’s Defense Ministry has rejected U.S. accusations that a Chinese fighter jet conducted a “dangerous intercept” of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft off the coast of China in international airspace.

The ministry issued a statement Saturday night attributed to spokesman Yang Yujun calling the U.S. accusations “groundless.” It says the Chinese pilot conducted operations that were “professional and the Chinese jet kept a safe distance from the U.S. planes.”

The Chinese jet made several close passes by the Navy P-8 Poseidon plane, coming within 30 feet of it at one point, the Pentagon said, adding that the Aug. 19 encounter was the fourth such incident since March.

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