A Chinese military jet has detonated flares near an Australian Navy helicopter which was operating in international waters, forcing the pilot to take evasive action to avoid an accident.

An Australian pilot was forced to take evasive action after a Chinese military jet detonated flares close to a Navy helicopter that was operating in international waters near South Korea.

The Defence Department has described the actions of the J-10 Chinese Air Force plane as “unsafe and unprofessional” following the incident which took place in the Yellow Sea over the weekend.

On Saturday a MH-60R Seahawk which had launched from HMAS Hobart was intercepted by the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force (PLA-AF) as it was taking part in a UN mission to enforce sanctions against North Korea.

  • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    China’s navy is by no means advanced enough to project power halfway across the globe. It’s not been designed to do so, either: most of China’s navy is designed to repel a naval invasion near Chinese waters.

    It’s considered breaking news and a gross overstep when China flies over an arbitrary EEZ line in the Taiwan Strait to enter another EEZ for even a second. That should tell you all you need to know about China’s confidence in its own capabilities.

    • maynarkhEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I mean there was for example this incident, and I don’t remember it raising many eyebrows outside military news.

      • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 month ago

        The US Coast Guard recently released images of a fleet of four ships of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) sailing near a US Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

        I think the article is confused