Chinese J-10 carried out unsafe intercept of USAF RC-135

News outlets are reporting that a Chinese J-10 fighter had carried out an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 spy plane over the East China Sea on Jun. 7.

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If officially confirmed, this will be the first time such an incident had occurred involving the J-10 – an indigenous Chinese fighter.

The incident came just one month after a U.S. Navy EP-3 suffered a similar fate whilst operating over the South China Sea.