"When Eagle Meets Dragon: Managing Risk in Maritime..." Topic

… East Asia.

"On 19 August 2014 a U.S. Navy (USN) P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft was flying in international airspace above the Chinese exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ~135 miles east of Hainan Island in the South China Sea when a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) armed J-11 fighter intercepted it. In a series of maneuvers that came within 30 feet of the P-8, the J-11 exposed its weapons load out and conducted a barrel roll over the U.S. aircraft, passing within 45 feet of the U.S. aircraft. While the incident ended without a collision or harm to the aircrew, it invoked memories of another that did not end as well—the April 2001 collision between a USN EP-3 and a PLAN J-8 in which the Chinese pilot perished. Pentagon Spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby described the encounter as "very, very close, very dangerous…unprofessional…unsafe…and…certainly not keeping with the kind of military-to-military relationship…we'd like to have…with China. … The message we're sending back to China is that's unacceptable and unhelpful to the military relationship that we would like to have with them."

The P-8 Incident's seriousness spurred the U.S. government to seek assurances that future interactions between military units would be conducted safely, resulting in eight weeks of negotiations and five weeklong meetings between two working groups of American and Chinese military officials with U.S. Navy representation on both teams. As a result, two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) designed to enhance stability of bilateral military relations were signed at the November 2014 APEC Summit by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chinese Minister of Defense Chang Wanquan. This process fulfilled a suggestion by President Xi Jinping to President Obama at the June 2013 Sunnylands Summit to explore CBMs to improve the bilateral and regional military climate…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Like I've been saying for a decade now, you better start teaching yourself and your kids proper Mandarin!

Dan
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Again… I agree.

Amicalement
Armand

It is amazing to me how fast we found a new Evil Empire after the old Evil Empire imploded. Their latest war was in 1979 with Vietnam and they got eaten alive. Going back in time they had a brief border war with India they won but India did about everything possible to lose. Their last big war was Korea. The country is not a monolith. It is not cohesive. China's history is filled with revolts, revolutions, civil wars on both regional and national levels. They have no naval tradition. They have little experience of air operations in war time. There is a great deal of unrest in China right now because of cell phones and the internet. The Truth gets out and circulates widely. The frequent releases that this high ranking official or this general is on trial for corruption or has been executed is all about feeding the growing rage of the people
over the corrupt government. Throw them some raw meat and hope it satisfies. The South China Sea gambit is a diversion to shift the people's focus anywhere but within China. And the beat goes on.