State broadcaster CCTV says suggestions the PLA had caused a plane and helicopter to crash in the South China Sea are ‘conspiracy theories’.

China’s military has insisted electronic jamming was not responsible for two recent US military air accidents in the South China Sea, suggesting instead that the American armed forces were to blame for their misfortunes. On Monday, state broadcaster CCTV aired a report that denied that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had caused a fighter and helicopter launched from the USS Nimitz to crash in the South China Sea last month. On October 26 an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super…

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