U.S., China agree on rules for air-to-air military encounters

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! Tech / Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday announced agreements with China on a military hotline and rules of behavior to govern air-to-air encounters, just days after the Pentagon criticized China over an unsafe intercept of a U.S. spy plane.

The agreements were unveiled following talks in Washington between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama and seek to lessen the chance of an accidental flare-up between the two militaries, despite tensions in the South China Sea.

"We agreed to new channels of communication to reduce the risks of miscalculations between our militaries," Obama told a White House news conference with Xi standing beside him.

The new agreement on rules of behavior for air-to-air encounters was broad in scope, addressing everything from the correct radio frequencies to use during distress calls to the wrong physical behaviors to use during crises.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/u-china-agree-rules-air-air-military-encounters-162828215.html

[NuclearDem]

1. You'd think this would've been brought up nearly 14 years ago.

Hainan Island was a pretty serious incident.