Chinese Media Say The US Navy And Chinese PLA Were Engaged In A ‘Dangerous Encounter’ Near Hong Kong In 2021

A Chinese military report says anti-submarine patrol aircraft such as the US Navy’s P-8A typically fly at low altitudes which can pose safety risks in the region. Photo: US Navy  

SCMP: PLA reveals US-China military encounter off Hong Kong day before January 6 Capitol riot 

* Submarine hunting aircraft flew as close as 150km off Hong Kong, prompting classified counter action by Chinese military, report says. 

* Sensitive location and timing of the 'dangerous' incident could have been seen as strongly provocative to Beijing 

China and the US became locked in an intense military confrontation as close as 150km from Hong Kong in early 2021, prompting the US to destroy its own floating sonars to prevent them from falling into Beijing's hands, it is revealed for the first time. 

As supporters of former president Donald Trump gathered outside the Capitol building in Washington a day before the deadly riots on January 6, 2021, three US military aircraft launched a submarine hunt unusually close to China's shoreline. 

The revelation is contained in the first open report on the January 5 incident - which saw one anti-submarine plane fly as close as 150km (93 miles) from Hong Kong - released by a team of Chinese military scientists.  

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Update: US Navy, Chinese PLA Engaged In ‘Dangerous Encounter’ Near Hong Kong; US Forced To Destroy Its Own Sonars – Media (EurAsian Times)  

WNU Editor: This incident happened over two years ago, but it is only now that we are learning about it. One has to wonder how many more of these incidents have happened in the past few years.