Source: www.sfgate.com – Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Tuesday's flight of the B-52 bombers underscored U.S. assertions that it is going to not agree to Chinese calls for that airplane flying through its newly declared maritime air security zone identify themselves and settle for Chinese instructions. The 2 B-52 bombers took off from their residence base in Guam round noon and had been in the zone that encompasses the disputed islands for lower than an hour ahead of returning to their base, U.S. officials mentioned, adding the airplane encountered no issues. The bomber flights got here after State Division spokeswoman Jen Psaki mentioned China's move gave the look to be an try and alternate the status quo within the East China Sea. Chinese language reaction to the bomber flights was predictably offended, with some recalling the 2001 collision between a Chinese fighter and a U.S. surveillance airplane in world airspace off China's southeastern coast — the kind of accident some worry China's new coverage could make more probably.

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