The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirms Chinese fighter jets ‘orbited’ above the Philippines’ Super Tucanos during its joint air patrol with Australia over the West Philippine Sea.
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00:00 The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirms Chinese fighter jets orbited above the Philippines'
00:05 Super Tocanos during its joint air patrol with Australia over the West Philippine Sea.
00:10 The circling lasted for about 15 minutes and the mission was completed without incident
00:14 last Sunday, November 26.
00:17 A day before the incident, AFP chief General Romeo Bronner Jr. said Chinese vessels shadowed
00:22 Philippine and Australian ships during joint maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea.
00:27 The AFP chief says this seems to be China's tactic, pointing out that Chinese vessels
00:32 had earlier circled US and Japanese aircrafts flying over the area on a separate occasion.
00:38 China's Global Times earlier said its military was on high alert over foreign provocations
00:43 including the Philippines' enlisting of countries outside the region to jointly patrol
00:47 the South China Sea.
00:49 But Bronner notes the Philippines' joint patrols with allies are legitimate operations
00:54 as the nation exercises its right to patrol its exclusive economic zone.
00:58 (upbeat music)