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  3. Here's a summary of the video: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command recently reported an aerial military standoff over the South China Sea on May 26th. A Chinese J-16 fighter jet obstructed the flight path of an American RC-135V electronic reconnaissance aircraft. The Southern Theatre Command of China claimed that the Shandong aircraft carrier group was conducting routine training in the South China Sea at the time and accused the U.S. RC-135 of intentionally intruding into the training zone. Some military observers suggest that this may have been a deliberate systemic monitoring of China’s Shandong aircraft carrier by the U.S., revealing potential problems with the carrier and highlighting the Taiwan Strait as a potential weakness for the Chinese Communist Party. Subsequently, with the Shandong heading north to Dalian, there may no longer be any other carriers available for the Chinese government. The Shandong’s formation in the South China Sea was notably lacking in aerial and submarine protection, with only two frigates as escort. This apparent military tactical error gave the U.S. an opportunity to dispatch the RC-135V for continuous tracking and signal detection of the carrier group. The Chinese government insists that the Shandong aircraft carrier was engaged in training and that the U.S. RC-135 was interfering with its operations. This reveals the PLA’s failure to declare a maritime exclusion zone for the exercise, raising questions as to whether the Shandong was traversing international waters or indeed in training. According to international law, if there is no maritime exclusion declaration, civilian or military vessels and aircraft from other nations have the right to freely pass through the area. As such, this so-called “training” may well have been an excuse from the Chinese government for their own negligence regarding the Shandong and an attempt to shift the blame to the Americans.
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