Originally Posted by crockett

It was not just the US but NATO that did it, I think they used it for what it was. A warning to China to back off and the denial of communications to the Serbs. At that time China wasn't the same economic partner to the West as it is today. It was only 2 years later that the Chinese fighter jet collide with the US spy plane killing the Chinese pilot and forcing the US plane to land in Chinese controlled territory.

We were still very much antagonizing each other, so I think it was just used as a combined way to end the military communications for the Serbs and to tell China to back off and not get involved with any kind of support.