A Chinese fighter jet conducted a barrel roll "very, very close" over a US Navy plane in international waters near Japan this week, the Pentagon has said.
Rear Admiral John Kirby said the Chinese plane exposed its belly to show that it was armed to the P-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft.
He said the Chinese aircraft came within 30ft (9 metres) of the American plane, while the wing tips of the two aircraft were only 20ft apart.
The American P-8 is said to have been conducting routine surveillance Adm Kirby described Monday's incident as "pretty aggressive, very unprofessional and unsafe".
The US plane is said by defence officials to have been conducting routine surveillance of the Chinese coast over the East China Sea at the time of its encounter with the Su-27 interceptor jet.
Chinese military officials have said US surveillance flights and monitoring of their facilities represents a violation of sovereignty.
It was the second such close encounter this year for a US surveillance plane.
People look through binoculars at the US Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan In April, a Russian Su-27 flew within 100ft of a US Air Force RC-135 aircraft over waters north of Japan.
Monday's incident took place as Chinese air force and navy jets conducted combat simulation drills in the East China Sea.
The US plane that was intercepted by the Su-27 flew from at an air base in Okinawa, Japan, that is US Air Force's Pacific power hub.
The P-8s were deployed last December, a month after China declared an air defence zone over the East China Sea that sparked a maritime dispute with Japan and South Korean.
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