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The Pentagon has released unclassified video of what it is calling an "unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre" by a Chinese military jet.
According to the US military, the clip shows the Chinese pilot crossing within 121 metres (400ft) of the nose on a US Air Force RC-135 surveillance plane in the South China Sea.