US Plane 'Undermined Regional Peace & Stability'-China Military

Comments from the Chinese military hitting wires regarding the incident late last week in which a Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea. China claims that the US plane 'deliberately intruded into [a] training area on May 26' and that the 'actions have seriously undermined regional peace and stability.'

• For its part, the US Indo-Pacific Command stated that the Chinese jet performed an 'unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre', adding that "The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate – safely and responsibly – wherever international law allows,...We expect all countries in the Indo-Pacific region to use international airspace safely and in accordance with international law."
• The risk of an escalation in the South China Sea through miscalculation in the increasingly-frequent incidents such as these remains one of the most notable security risks between the US and China, as well as each nation's regional allies. This stands in comparison to the low probability-high impact scenarios involving coordinated military attacks.