The aircraft in the video released by Chinese state media looked like a US Navy P-8A Poseidon, and it was dropping what looked like a sonobuoy, which is a kind of acoustic sensor used to track submarines.
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- Chinese state media shared a video of what it characterized as a submarine detection device dropped by a US Navy aircraft.
- The apparent sonobuoy was discovered in the South China Sea near the Second Thomas Shoal.
- Military maritime patrol aircraft...