China’s military denied accusations that it used electronic jamming to cause two recent U.S. Navy air crashes in the South China Sea, calling the claims “conspiracy theories.”
State broadcaster CCTV reported that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) rejected any involvement in the October 26 incidents, when a U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed within 30 minutes of each other near the USS Nimitz.
In response to media reports revealing that two US Navy aircraft - an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) - crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents, the Chinese Foreign… pic.twitter.com/D9tWQMweMU
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) October 27, 2025
Chinese military analysts instead blamed internal U.S. issues, citing President Donald Trump’s remarks that “bad fuel” may have been a factor.
The PLA’s statement mocked the U.S. claims, saying they were an attempt to deflect blame and maintain “imperial hegemony.”
Chinese outlets also accused the U.S. Navy of overstretching its forces, pointing to the aging USS Nimitz and a “South China Sea curse” tied to repeated American mishaps in the region.
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