Beijing has accused the US of sending a U-2 spy plane into a no-fly zone to 'trespass' on live-fire exercises being conducted by China below
Hong Kong Beijing has accused the US of sending a U-2 spy plane into a no-fly zone to"trespass" on live-fire exercises being conducted by China below.
The high-altitude US reconnaissance craft went into airspace Beijing deemed off limits during drills by the People's Liberation Army's Northern Theater Command on Tuesday, Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Defense Ministry, said in a statement.
Why it matters who owns the seas 03:48"The Chinese are using the traditional view of U-2s as overhead imagery platforms to present a picture of dangerous penetration of a closed exercise air space," Schuster said."The Chinese couldn't intercept and shoulder the U-2 away, but they resent any collection of their exercise activities."China launched three military exercise on Monday alone in Pacific waters, from the South China Sea in the south to the Bohai Sea in the north.
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