Most of the US reconnaissance flights near China last month involved P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft, according to the SCSPI. Photo: AFP
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 (18 miles) from the mainland’s territorial waters
Most of the US reconnaissance flights near China last month involved P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft, according to the SCSPI. Photo: AFP
