US Military Slams Chinese Flights Over South China Sea But Says They Posed No Threat

The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is pictured as it enters the port in Da Nang, Vietnam, on March 5, 2020. Kham/File Photo/Reuters

The U.S. military said on Jan. 29 that Chinese military flights in the past week in the South China Sea fit a pattern of destabilizing and aggressive behavior by Beijing but posed no threat to a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group in the region.

“The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group closely monitored all People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and Air Force (PLAAF) activity, and at no time did they pose a threat to U.S. Navy ships, aircraft, or sailors,” the U.S. military’s Pacific Command said in a statement.