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U.S.-China Jet Intercept Sets Off Debate On Regional Strategy

Ren Benavidez   |

Sep 01, 2014 11:16 AM EDT

U.S. officials have begun debating whether it's safe to conduct forward-deployed strategic exercises in the Asia-Pacific region following an Aug. 19 intercept by an U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon of a Chinese J-11 fighter jet that flew within 20 feet of the American aircraft off the Hainan Island coast.