Beijing Says US Spy Planes Made A Record Number Of Sorties Near China Last Month

#Statistics: In November, the US military sent unprecedented 94 reconnaissance flights to the #SouthChinaSea, based on publicly available ADS-B data.
The US also broke the daily record with 10 reconnaissance sorties on Nov 4, while the Carl Vinson CSG was operating in the #SCS. pic.twitter.com/IgIpe9jRT6

— SCS Probing Initiative (@SCS_PI) December 1, 2021

SCMP: US spy planes made record number of sorties near China last month, Beijing think tank says 

 * American aircraft carried out 94 reconnaissance flights over the South China Sea near the Chinese coast in November, according to the SCSPI 

* It said a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft flew over the Taiwan Strait on Monday and was 29km from the mainland's territorial waters 

The US military carried out a record number of close-up reconnaissance flights over the South China Sea near the Chinese coast last month, according to data compiled by a Beijing-based think tank. 

American spy planes made 94 of these sorties in November, the South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) said in a post on its official Weibo account on Wednesday. 

That represents an increase of nearly 30 per cent from the previous high of 75 US reconnaissance flights logged by the think tank in February. It began reporting the data in June 2019. 

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Update #1: Record number of US spy planes over South China Sea in November, says Chinese think-tank (Bloomberg) 

Update #2: US Spy Planes Conducted Record Number Of Missions Near China, Beijing Think-Tank Says (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: Russia is experiencing the same thing .... Russian radars track over 50 foreign spy planes and drones near state borders over week (TASS).