A Chinese government fighter jet blew up in international waters near to South Korea, forcing an American Navy helicopter pilot to evade detection.
Following the incident over the weekend in the Yellow Sea, Canberra called the behavior of the J- 10 Chinese Air Force aircraft “unsafe and unethical.”
The People’s Liberation Army ( PLA-AF ) intercepted a MH-60R Seahawk on Saturday while it was assisting a U.N. mission to impose sanctions on North Korea. It had launched from the air warfare destroyer HMAS Hobart.
The Australian Defence Department said in a statement on Monday night that” the PLA-AF aircraft released lights along the journey course of the ADF helicopter.”
The airplane and personnel were a risk from this maneuver because it was illegal.
HMAS Hobart is a file/air war warship stationed at sea during Exercise Tasman Shield 2023. ( LSIS Susan Mossop/RAN )
The department continued,” Our ADF staff ‘ safety and wellbeing continue to be our top top priority, despite no injuries sustained by ADF personnel or injury caused to the MH- 60R plane,” the department continued.
The event occurred one day after it was revealed that the Australian Navy Chief had lately confronted his Chinese counterpart over another sensor incident that occurred in international waters last November.
Australia claimed that Sonar pulses in Asian waters caused harm to American navy divers on the same event.
In a move that mirrored a similar occurrence involving the military forces of both countries in 2022, China claimed that it disregarded a health warning to stay away from the American frigate HMAS Toowoomba.
A Chinese fighter jet attacked an American surveillance aircraft last quarter over the South China Sea, and the aircraft flew close before releasing flares and bundles of straw that caused a return to foundation. https ://t.co/MsL2hB1ECe
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China asserts that the conflict occurred outside of Chinese territorial waters and that no damage was caused by the Chinese warship.
As diplomatic relations have improved from unprecedented highs in recent years, Chinese President Xi Jinping intends to travel to Australia this year for the first occasion in a century.
