The U.S. military says a Chinese plane came within ten feet of an American aircraft, nearly risking a collision. NBC News’ Josh Lederman reports on how the U.S. plans to handle the incident.
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F35 doesn’t work under China radar. Apparently, the jet is scouting. The culprit claims to be a victim.
That is more than 3m!
By the way, what is the USAF doing in South China’s Sea that is for sure more than 3m from home.
With all this money we could end war, homelessness and hunger but they want more war.
Its time for the United States to collapse…
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. They should have blow that SOB out of the sky
This would not have happened with Trump in office, but with the decrepit old guy, who can’t defend our southern border, you see what you get.
Knock that pile of duct tape and bolts out of the sky
Why wasn’t it shot down?
With all this money we could end hunger but they want war
This is because of Joe Biden being the weakest, most ignorant president in modern history.
Any American that thinks Biden is a food president is a fool.
Would the US not send an aircraft to check in if Chinese aircraft were in the Gulf of Mexico?
China wouldn’t dare. And they actually can’t do to logistics. Them sewer oil powered jets can’t refuel. China is the sewer oil capital of the world.
No because that’s an unrealistic scenario
Maybe trying give the plane Covid?
America flies off the coast of China screaming “NOT TOUCHING NOT TOUCHING” so China does the same thing back.
WW3 being started by two immature nations lol
Get out scs.
https://youtu.be/ifqW_ojW0NM. 🎶. Karen! What!!! You’ve been Drinking?!
oh man…2023 gonna be fun….
Absolutely no more wars until we find homes for the migrants.
The question is why are US military aircraft so close to Chinese airspace that they would be intercepted by the Chinese. It’s very apparent that it’s us, the US, that is a big bullies and instigators of war around the world. I’m ready to slash the US military budget.
Be very careful NBC reporters, do not report any important news that NBC has decided to suppress or you know what will happen. Welcome back Miguel.
That’s like 100ft not 10.
More like 30 feet
After the US plane descended, it should have released Lazer beam at Chinese jet
those ‘lazer’ beams are owned by jews and they are only used to start forest fires.
Ih, the horror! The Chinese have just done what the Americans do on a regular basis… how dare they?
Shoot it down.
That crazy fool Biden !
Why do you always break into other countries’ border or territory without shame 😂. I heard you steal Syrian oil and grab Afghanistan people’s money! Now your break into China’s territory! What a hooligan you are!
Every time they do a story about this the planes get closer and closer give them two more reports and it wil be about 3 feet.
One of the planes gonna get pregnant soon
THEY FLY LIKE THEY DRIVE ?
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Scare tactic. The us was the one that made the evasive manoeuvres. Guess it worked
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China better watch it ……after Russia fail in Ukraine everyone knows their military is a joke they have zero combat experience in half a century all bark zero bite
The media sure wants war
Free Alaska, Free New Mexico, Free Hawaii, Free Guam and Free American Samoa!
Free occupied Taiwan (mainland China)
well done! China👍
Irresponsible ingrate
What was an US aircraft doing routine patrol near China tho
@Tess Holm Your wife would be screaming like a scared chicken if there were some macho guy ‘patrolling’ just outside your house.
@TK W As what the journalist, analyst & defense scretery did? Makes sense
Duck China
WHY —- Cant the USA FLY into this plane and knock it out of the sky ,,, I know it sounds silly can’t the USA bear with me ,, Its a some what sensible question strengthen there planes to fly into these CHINESSSE planes and knock them out of the sky’s ,,, I don’t know fly in front of plane make out you have engine trouble and dump alot of oil out of your plane into there planes engines !!! causing it to crash
From Reuters Dec 26th: “Taiwan reports China’s largest incursion yet to air defence zone”
Weak Biden and America
Ten feet? Uh, you better check again, that was about 15 yards.
Firm and fair challenge by the Chinese. US fighters would do that too if a ‘hostile’ nation conducts drills in international waters that are close to any American territory around the world.
Not even 🤦🏾♂️
the difference is… we dont build islands and then call it territorial waters like the chinese does… your just moving the goal posts at this point.
@tofu dofu2 yes you don’t build islands but you only build military bases…you are aware that US have built over 750 foreign military bases around the world while China have only 1…..what does this say about the US?..self-proclaimed defender of the free world, is it? Lol
@Orang Utan u are also aware that its not only the US that has foreign overseas bases right? you realize that this happens with allied countries all over the world.. just google british and australian bases in the US.. the US just has the most with the blessings of the host countries… google “list of countries with overseas bases”… Ill give you an example.. France has one in germany called “franco german brigade”.. China has a few also in South Africa. the difference is that China is now building artificial islands (as a loophole) stating that it is their sovereign land in international waters which has dispute with neighboring countries. It is only China that is doing this. and tbh…
China has them in cambodia, Djibouti – People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti.[9]
Tajikistan – A military post in southeastern Gorno-Badakhshan.[10]
Saudi Arabia – The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force Golden Wheel Project (Chinese Wikipedia: 金轮工程) co-operates the DF-3 and DF-21 medium-range ballistic missiles in Saudi Arabia since the establishment of Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force in 1984.[11][12]
Sri Lanka – Hambantota Port in Southern Province Sri Lanka[13]
so no… your answer still is illogical.. try again.
How Do you know?
Tell U.S to go back to their country.
GO CHINA 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Down with China🇺🇸🇹🇼🇰🇷🇯🇵🇮🇳🇦🇺🇮🇩
@Huo Yeh why do you support China? It sounds to me like they need some freedom🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Be real! Many countries don’t even want to listen to the U.S. which has no longer a superpower; but a nation that has a national debt > GDP.
Both pilots deserve medal for avoiding a collision.
Usa spy plane entry China territory and got too close to Chinese jet. The spy plane made trouble then blaming other. Who u going to believe.
this is the equivalent of a pedophile standing outside of your house, you go check out whats going on and then YOU end up getting accused of touching kids and being aggressive.
china wants to get smoked by the us
F**k the Chinese government and military, think they can do whatever they want without repercussions.
Must be love
“The Chinese airplane was in international airspace doing routine patrol when an American airplane came within 10 feet causing the Chinese plane to ascend to avoid contact” – There I wrote it for the American audience on how Chinese views the incident
A slow flying American plane forced a highly maneuverable Chinese fighter plane to ascend? I’m sure that’s how it went down
@Garrett Fulks if a garbage truck and a motorcycle played chicken. who would move first?
american education failed you kid.
@CCP are they facing each other or not? Also Chinese propaganda has left you with no brain cells or crediblity.
@Garrett Fulks as for credibility.
u got that iraq wmds credibility going for you.
dude lives on nbc and talking about propaganda 🤦♂🤦♂
The Chinese did this under Obama and now under Biden. They didn’t dare try it under President Trump. Congratulations democrats, your anger, hate, intolerance, and corruption has put a mentally ill person in charge of our national security. While Russia is talking about using nuclear weapons, China has it’s sights on Taiwan. They know they only have two years to do it before the possibility of us getting a real President.
Shoot it down…
more like 50 feet
US military plane patrolling in/close to Chinese border but China is the aggressor😂 bet all the women and children who took up arms to fight against US invaders in Vietnam, Afgan… were also the aggressors.
US should do the same if Chinese military aircrafts show up in Gulf of Mexico
Chinese bot
@Garrett Fulks I’m sure anyone is a Chinese bot as long as they say something you don’t like.
Chyna chyna
They will probably break down anyway there made in chyna
A big War coming soon
a new Vietnam?
after Afghanistan
I don’t see nothing. You are being paranoid. Quit wasting our time. 😡👎
OH Dear! Lazy reporting! Try 90 feet! 10 feet is a basketball hoop. And at the 55 sec mark, the 3 planes are China’s version of the Thunderbirds demonstration squadron un-armed. Lazy reporting! Don’t be CNN.
i hate spy, go home and install a hidden cam in your mom’s washroom!
gangster flew far away and to observer into Chinese ocean ..territory of China, China PLA must be watching to all gangsters from west.
Glad to see many considerate American friends talking about how we Chinese feel here… Hope friendship would eventually prevail.
Yeah right….in International waters but what business have the US plane flying thousands of miles from US mainland? What if Chinese planes also fly thousands of miles from their home base and fly in international waters but near the US mainland? Now who is provoking who here???
China by building airstrips and bases that are in international waters and also engaging in bullying other countries in the region. They are the aggressors, the U.S. has never interfered with Chinese trade yet the Chinese want to control a major waterway for trade. This is unacceptable
Saint Bernard meet the Chihuahua guess whose win？
Wow. The US regime spy plane is flying so recklessly 120 inches away from a Chinese plane trying to cause a collision.
And what are we trying to portray by flying there? I’m a veteran and patriot but the amount of propaganda and double standards in this world is insane and the realization that hundreds of thousands into millions of people dying in past world wars to benefit the ego’s and greed of the powers that be is disgusting, especially when the majority of the people on this earth are struggling and don’t even reap benefit from the wars they’ve fought caused by corrupt leaders.
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Why are American Military planes in South China Seas doing routine ” Patrol ” . For whom ? Maybe next time the Chinese should do a routine petrol at the Gulf of Mexico around Cuba since both are friendly commie countries.
Dont let biden talk to them.
Why do we continue to make / buy products from China? I have been wondering this since I was a kid and that was a long time ago. But I know the answer. The all mighty dollar.
nixon went to china to get the corporate fascists in america slave labor..why do you think these phone companies give away $500 phones?…because they are NOT $500…built in america, they would be $500..from china, probably about $50
Chinese aircraft just copies of of US jets
they are underpowered & overrated
Comedy, chinese plane in south china sea💯 , what else?
US opposition to Chinese explanation is racist
Here comes 2023.
China gets its first of multiple waves of Covid, and it’ll be a doozy.
It might be a good time for the world to offer assistance?
Before they invade Taiwan, just to take their minds off the collapse of the medical system.
China is wanting a world take over. 👎
Now the USA is provoking China? Because the fighter was in Chinese waters.
not chinese. scs is international waters. we can go swim all we want over there
Imagine if it’s near Mexico, US military would’ve used nukes like how Japanese died like flies and fvcked like dogs in WWII LOL.
America just lovesss to push buttons
it is all happen in China sea. US must stay home for god sake. US view everywhere in the world is the US backyard.
This game is played constantly. When they start shooting, let me know, Otherwise please calm down with the fear mongering.
they are not even afraid? who were scared?
Peace!
Send 3 stripes on patrol duty
#china is sus and Covid mutated there in and infected the USA with ba6
If you America don’t want such a close (and dangerous) encounter, then just don’t stay (fly) close to their Chinese airspace. Simple as that.
Chinese Air craft go Hawaii Air .We also call international space
Furthest “10 feet” I ever seen.. lol
Some of english speaking here in the comment section alongside with Chinese… what a hypocrite ones…
We will be at war with china by 2030
enough playing around with china just shoot it
But, they surprisingly do. Why? Why indeed.
And where was the american aircraft?. If it was international airspace then the chinese plane had every right to be there. Also it’s hard to tell if the chinese plane was coming towards the american plane or vice versa. i just refuse to believe propaganda at face value, theres always more they never report.
Russia and China should send their aircraft carriers and encourage their fighter pilots to fly above North Pacific Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean in the coming years – similar to what the US uses the South China Sea as its playground.