| Tango01 | 22 Aug 2014 10:51 p.m. PST |
"A Chinese high-performance fighter intercepted and buzzed a US Navy P-8A maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft on Tuesday in international air space over the South China Sea, the Pentagon confirmed on Friday. The interception was "very close, very dangerous … pretty aggressive and very unprofessional," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters. The Chinese aircraft, a Shenyang J-11B Flanker B from the People's Liberation Army Air Force, made a number of close passes to the P-8A Poseidon, a military version of the well-known Boeing 737 jetliner…"
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| GarrisonMiniatures | 23 Aug 2014 2:10 a.m. PST |
Apparently the script of Top Gun is part of the Chinese training manual. That, plus plus watching too many Kung Fu movies, is starting to give the Chinese military a new outlook on tactics. |
| Sajiro | 23 Aug 2014 4:16 a.m. PST |
Maybe the PLA is struggling for relevance in an era of budget cuts and a confrontation like this keeps them in the news. |
| Zargon | 23 Aug 2014 6:53 a.m. PST |
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| GarrisonMiniatures | 23 Aug 2014 10:23 a.m. PST |
'in an era of budget cuts' Military budget cutsin CHINA???? |
| Cold Steel | 23 Aug 2014 12:58 p.m. PST |
The Chinese reaped an intelligence bonanza in 2001 when they stripped a US recon plane that made an emergency landing on Hainan Island after one of their "Top Gun" jockeys hit it. Maybe they are just trying to update their technology again. |
| Mako11 | 23 Aug 2014 2:34 p.m. PST |
Cold Steel for the win. Seems like armed escorts would be a good idea, going forward, if the recon birds don't have AAMs onboard for self-defense. |
| Richard Gaulding | 23 Aug 2014 9:26 p.m. PST |
Because an actually military confrontation is just what we need in Asia right now. This is just China waving their sabers. The US does the same crap all the time. Business as usual in the childish world of international politics. |
| Charlie 12 | 23 Aug 2014 10:26 p.m. PST |
"The Chinese reaped an intelligence bonanza in 2001" Wrong. By the time the wheels hit the tarmac, every program on every console would have been scrubbed. The only thing they would find is a plane full computers that are about on par with what you find in your local computer store… |
| Cold Steel | 24 Aug 2014 5:36 a.m. PST |
Published reports indicate the crew completed an unspecified portion of the destruction checklist, but not all of it. How much remains classified. The Chinese did get the hardware: radios, antennas, sensors, etc. You can learn an awful lot about capabilities and develop countermeasures from dissecting and reverse engineering. Most of the hardware was eventually returned after careful study. |
| Jemima Fawr | 24 Aug 2014 12:10 p.m. PST |
"The US does the same crap all the time" No. It does not. The US (and RAF and other allied partners) do 'intercept' undeclared intruders into declared national Air Defence Zones, but said interception merely involves flying alongside intruders at a safe distance, photographing them and waving at them in a friendly manner (unless the target behaves in an aggressive and/or warlike manner). It does not conduct dangerous close passes of target aircraft. As has been said, such actions are highly dangerous and unprofessional. |
| Zargon | 24 Aug 2014 4:14 p.m. PST |
China flying fly pilot no fly well? Guess so. :) |
| GROSSMAN | 25 Aug 2014 12:26 p.m. PST |
They rack fright disaprin… |
ponders nirvana.