US spy planes in South China Sea ‘creating risk’ for civilian aircraft

The US Air Force is creating risks for passenger flights over the South China Sea with its close-in reconnaissance missions near the Chinese coast, a Chinese military source and observers have warned.The US military has several types of reconnaissance aircraft developed on commercial aeroplane platforms, and they usually follow civil aviation flights as cover when approaching China’s airspace, a source close to the People’s Liberation Army told the South China Morning Post.The US has reportedly…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3096857/us-spy-planes-south-china-sea-creating-risk-civilian-aircraft