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How tea time nearly brought down a B-52

How tea time nearly brought down a B-52

Chinese jet buzzing a bomber is just the latest outcome of Britons craving a cuppa

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Oct 27, 2023
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The Pentagon is upset because a Chinese fighter jet sent to chase off a U.S. B-52 flying over the South China Sea came too close to the long-range, nuclear-capable strategic bomber.

According to the Pentagon, China’s J-11 came within three meters of the B-52. It didn’t say where precisely over the South China Sea this took place. China maintains a ridicu…

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