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Seems like a lot of people are confused about why this was allowed to happen.  The American plane in question is an RC-135, probably a Rivet Joint conducting a freedom of navigation mission.  RC-135s are unarmed, large aircraft that carry upward of 20 people sometimes.  They do not have missiles, guns, or other offensive capabilities, so no, the RC-135 would not just shoot the J-11 down.  RC-135s operate in international waters and therefore do not carry any weapons that would make them a legitimate military target to attack.
The reason RC-135s are intercepted is due to the reconnaissance they do, which other countries generally don't appreciate.  The intercepts are fairly common, but Chinese and Russian pilots, recently, have had a streak of unprofessional and dangerous behavior when doing the intercepts.
10 feet?! That’s uh, really close. >

"Well, you see, I was inverted..." >

Keeping up relations. >

I was giving him the bird.  You know? The Bird! >

Yeah, I know the bird, Goose >

what always bugged me about that was that at what point between You've Lost that Loving Feeling and Yeah, I know the bird, Goose -  does Charlie get introduced to Goose as Goose.  
when i saw it as a kid..i was like..wait, they know each other.  
Also when i was kid watching ESB in the theatre as kid - why are the  speeders flying head first into the AT-ATs instead of the sides or rear where there are no cannons
I was basically comic book guy at age 8 >


what always bugged me about that was that at what point between You've Lost that Loving Feeling and Yeah, I know the bird, Goose -  does Charlie get introduced to Goose as Goose.
when i saw it as a kid..i was like..wait, they know each other.

Top Gun instructors have to know their students’ names and call signs.  I think the whole point of the bar scene was that she knew who THEY were before they knew who SHE was.  

Also when i was kid watching ESB in the theatre as kid - why are the  speeders flying head first into the AT-ATs instead of the sides or rear where there are no cannons

The neck joinery of the AT-AT is not fast enough to track flying targets.  It mostly exists as an armored transport for troops and ground vehicles.   A better question is why aren’t stormtroopers hanging out of the doors firing on Luke as he plants that detonator? >

I like the Robot Chicken explanation that Luke's lightsaber cut right into the bathroom, and the grenade he chucked in there caught a stormtrooper on the can so he couldn't get rid of it in time. >

This is canon >

Head canon