Australia says Chinese jet 'dangerously intercepted' its plane

Australia's defence department says the Chinese fighter jet intercepted its military plane over the South China Sea on May 26. Australia's defence department says a Chinese fighter jet "dangerously" intercepted an Australian military surveillance plane in the South China Sea region in May. In a statement on Sunday, the defence department said the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft was intercepted by a Chinese J-16 fighter during "routine maritime surveillance activity" in international airspace in the region on May 26. "The intercept resulted in a dangerous manoeuvre which posed a safety threat to the P-8 aircraft and…