Sydney, Australia — The US Air Force’s Pacific commander condemned Chinese military flights off Malaysia and Taiwan, describing them on Friday as “escalatory” and “destabilizing.”
This week, 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over hotly contested waters off of Borneo prompting Malaysia’s air force to scramble its jets.
General Kenneth Wilsbach said these activities and an increased number of incursions into Taiwan’s air defense zone “adds to the list” of Chinese “destabilizing activities and also escalatory activities” in the region.
“We set ourselves up for miscalculations around the region when we have some of these activities when we’re getting into people’s airspace tha…
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