Chinese Aircraft Us Airspace

U.S. military fighter aircraft shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, drawing to a close a dramatic saga that shone a spotlight on worsening Sino-U.S. relations.

A Chinese balloon, roughly the size of three buses, has been tracked in US airspace, the Pentagon said on Friday. It asserted that the Chinese aircraft has surveillance capabilities.

Beijing officials warned a US military aircraft during a routine East China Sea flyover telling the pilots that they were illegally operating in its airspace and ordering the American plane to leave, a top official said.

A Chinese military aircraft crossed near the nose of a Navy P-3C Orion anti-submarine and surveillance plane Wednesday, flying within about 1,000 feet in an encounter the Pentagon identified as unsafe, but probably unintentional.

A Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the East China Sea, two US defence officials said on Tuesday.

Bracketing India along with the US, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam as "threats" to China'a airspace, the People's Liberation Army in a study has sought the broadening of its air surveillance and attack capabilities with high-speed cruise missiles and a new generation of bombers.

U.S. military fighter aircraft shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, drawing to a close a dramatic saga that shone a spotlight on worsening Sino-U.S. relations.

A Chinese balloon, roughly the size of three buses, has been tracked in US airspace, the Pentagon said on Friday. It asserted that the Chinese aircraft has surveillance capabilities.

Beijing officials warned a US military aircraft during a routine East China Sea flyover telling the pilots that they were illegally operating in its airspace and ordering the American plane to leave, a top official said.

A Chinese military aircraft crossed near the nose of a Navy P-3C Orion anti-submarine and surveillance plane Wednesday, flying within about 1,000 feet in an encounter the Pentagon identified as unsafe, but probably unintentional.

A Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the East China Sea, two US defence officials said on Tuesday.

Bracketing India along with the US, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam as "threats" to China'a airspace, the People's Liberation Army in a study has sought the broadening of its air surveillance and attack capabilities with high-speed cruise missiles and a new generation of bombers.