U.S. official calls China's military jet'very risky' maneuver

The Chinese fighter jet was captured on video last week on an U.S. aircraft.

In an appearance on Mornings with Maria, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis called China's maneuver very risky as tension rises between the U.S. and its biggest adversary.

And it was a very risky maneuver, he said.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said a China J-17 fighter pilot performed an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver while intercepting a U.S. Air Force RC- 135 aircraft that was flying in international airspace over the South China Sea.

This was, in fact, an unsafe maneuver because the jet was washed, when it crossed the U.S. aircraft, you saw it shake and shudder, Davis said.

On Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning responded to the United States' provocative and dangerous moves as the root cause of maritime security issues. China'surging the U.S. to stop such dangerous provocations, Ning said in a statement.

What you re seeing now is a pattern, that they re China saying, hey, we re no longer the weak power that we used to be and we re going to start pushing back, he said.

China's aggressiveness continues to send alarm bells in the U.S. as it plays around with Taiwan and continues to pursue bold tactics against the United States.

The U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon that traveled across the country, likely sending sensitive information back to the Communist Party. Although the spying campaign was quickly condemned, the Biden administration faced severe backlash for not confronting the Chinese.

This is something the administration is going to have to get a handle on, said FOX Business Maria Bartiromo.

We can t just do business as we have been doing for the longest time because things are going to continue to deteriorate as China gets more strong and confident, he said.