An Australian Navy helicopter pilot was forced to take evasive action after a Chinese military fighter jet detonated flares close to his aircraft’s course as it was operating in international waters near South Korea.
Canberra 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 air warfare destroyer HMAS Hobart was intercepted by the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force (PLA-AF) as it was taking part in a U.N. mission to enforce sanctions against North Korea.
“The PLA-AF aircraft released flares along the flight path of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) helicopter,” the Australian Defence Department said in a
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