US-China rivalry: PLA flights over South China Sea ‘no threat’ to American ships, US military says

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The US said on Friday that Chinese military flights in the past week in the South China Sea fit a pattern of destabilising and aggressive behaviour by Beijing but posed no threat to a US Navy aircraft carrier strike group in the region.“The Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group closely monitored all PLA Navy and air force activity, and at no time did they pose a threat to US Navy ships, aircraft or sailors,” the US military’s Pacific Command said in a statement.A US official, speaking on…

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