U.S. plane has near miss with China fighter over South China Sea

The U.S. military said Thursday that its patrol aircraft had a close call with a Chinese fighter jet in international airspace over the South China Sea last week.According to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, a J-11 fighter of the Chinese navy flew within some 6 meters of the nose of an RC-135 reconnaissance plane of the U.S. Air Force on Dec. 21.The "unsafe" flight forced the U.S. plane to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision, the command said in a statement."We expect all countries in the Indo-Pacific region to use international airspace safely and in accordance with international law…READ FULL ARTICLE