Chinese Jet Buzzed US Plane: Pentagon

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The Pentagon says a Chinese fighter jet made an "unnecessarily aggressive maneuver" on Friday, buzzing a US spy plane as it conducted routine operations in international airspace over the South China Sea. The Chinese J-16 fighter pilot “flew directly in front of the nose of the RC-135," passing within 400 feet of the reconnaissance aircraft's nose, officials said. The move caused dangerous wake turbulence that the American pilot had to fly through, the AP reports. The Wall Street Journal calls it "one of the most aggressive confrontations between the two militaries this year." Over the past five years, US defense...