China has dispatched 16 Ilyushin Il-76 and Xi’an Y-20 heavy transport aircraft to the vicinity of Malaysia-administered shoals in the South China Sea as well as its national airspace, prompting the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to warn of “serious threats” to the country’s sovereignty. “The aircraft were detected flying in an in-trail tactical formation […]

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