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U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, Causing China to Scramble
https://news.usni.org/2023/04/28/u-s-navy-p-8-flies-over-taiwan-strait-causing-china-to-scrambleU.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, Causing China to Scramble
By: Heather Mongilio
April 28, 2023 12:06 PM
A P-8A Poseidon, assigned to the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, takes off from Misawa Air Base, April 18, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
China’s People’s Liberation Army scrambled fighter jets to monitor a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon that flew over the Taiwan Strait Friday, according to U.S. and Chinese statements.
The P-8A flew over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace early Friday local time, according to a U.S. Navy news release.
“The aircraft’s transit of the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the Navy statement reads. “The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows including within the Taiwan Strait.”
Chinese Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, called the aircraft’s transit “provocative.”
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By: Heather Mongilio
April 28, 2023 12:06 PM
A P-8A Poseidon, assigned to the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, takes off from Misawa Air Base, April 18, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
China’s People’s Liberation Army scrambled fighter jets to monitor a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon that flew over the Taiwan Strait Friday, according to U.S. and Chinese statements.
The P-8A flew over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace early Friday local time, according to a U.S. Navy news release.
“The aircraft’s transit of the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the Navy statement reads. “The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows including within the Taiwan Strait.”
Chinese Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, called the aircraft’s transit “provocative.”
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