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This is simply wrong on a number of important facts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident

A Chinese interceptor fighter jet collided with a propeller powered US electronics intelligence aircraft flying in international airspace.


Which is precisely why "close encounters" between Chinese & US, or Russian and US, aircraft are treated seriously. Prior to the 2001 Hainan Island incident, it wasn't a serious issue most of the time.


An EP3 is not a fighter. The collision was a prop plane vs a mig 21.

"Yes officer as you can clearly see: I was driving my ferrari. Trying to get away from the old man pushing a wheelbarrow, but he chased me down. Then he slammed right into me."




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