China scrambles fighter jets as U.S. Navy plane flies through Taiwan Strait

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China on Thursday scrambled fighter jets as a U.S. Navy plane flew above international waters in the Taiwan Strait (pictured earlier this year as the U.S. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (foreground) was shadowed by a Chinese military vessel). File Photo by U.S. Navy/UPI | License Photo July 13 (UPI) -- China scrambled fighter jets Thursday in response to a U.S. Navy plane flying in international airspace in the Taiwan Strait A U.S. Navy statement said a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday. Advertisement "By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international...