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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (6923)	4/2/2001 2:15:41 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 15481

Message 15599571 Mon Apr 02 2001 02:02:46 ET REPORT: U.S. PLANE ISSUED 'MAYDAY' AFTER CHINESE FIGHTER JETS SIGNALED THEY WOULD OPEN FIRE TAIPEI, April 2 -- KYODO -- A U.S. surveillance plane made an emergency landing in China on Sunday because two intercepting Chinese fighter jets signaled they would likely open fire, high-placed Taiwan military intelligence sources were quoted as saying Monday. The sources said they listened in on radio contact between the U.S. Navy aircraft -- an EP-3 Aries II surveillance plane -- and the Chinese jets, the ETT television network reported on its Web site. The dialogue shows that the Chinese pilots indicated that they were "extremely likely" to open fire, causing the U.S. aircraft to send a mayday signal to prevent an attack, the sources were quoted as saying. When the U.S. plane prepared for an emergency landing on the Chinese island of Hainan, it was clipped by one of the Chinese jets. The Chinese jet crashed into the South China Sea and its pilot remains missing. All 24 aboard the U.S. plane were reported unharmed. Washington said that the collision occurred in international airspace. While China is blaming the U.S. for the collision, the Taiwanese sources said it was the Chinese who caused the collision when they zoomed in on the surveillance plane in a bid to intercept it. The sources said initially the crew aboard one of the Chinese jets was elated when the U.S. plane went down, but that such euphoria quickly evaporated when they heard that the other Chinese fighter had crashed. Taiwan's Defense Ministry originally kept a low profile in connection with the incident, saying in a short statement Sunday night that it was on top of the situation. But on Monday, Administrative Vice Defense Minister Kao Yang called the incident "beyond comprehension," arguing that any country's ground control is able to track and control the movements of its aircraft. Speaking during questioning in the legislature, Kao refused to comment on whether the incident was likely to cause tension in Sino-U.S. ties. But he said if both sides took a hard-line stance, the resulting standoff would likely boost Taiwan's prospects for obtaining advanced weaponry from the United States. He said it was difficult to say whether U.S. arms sales to Taiwan would be positively or negatively affected in the event of an amicable resolution of the collision. Washington will decide in the coming weeks which items on Taiwan's shopping list -- including four destroyers equipped with the state-of-the-art Aegis antimissile radar system -- will get the go-ahead. China is adamantly opposed to the Aegis deal since the destroyers would greatly improve Taiwan's ability to fend off incoming Chinese missiles. END

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (6923)	4/2/2001 2:37:03 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15481

ANY war with china would HAVE to involve nukes Precisely. Which makes that outcome highly unlikely, but it could get dicey in the meantime. The situation is more serious than it first appeared. You may have read this, it's Mrs. Peel's response to your post: siliconinvestor.com It appears as though the Chinese intercepted an unarmed US plane in international airspace and forced it to land in China on threat of destruction. This is the sort of thing that can get the bullets- -and worse- -flying. It would appear this is part of the Chinese drive to force re-unification of Taiwan. I think the US should make it perfectly to the Chinese that if they wish to take Taiwan by force, they will have to go through us.