Australia says Chinese fighter plane released flashes that almost hit a spy plane over the southern Chinese sea

Australia protested on Thursday as described as “insecure and unprofessional” interaction over South Chinese Sea where the Chinese fighter is charged with the release of flashes that were threatened by an Australian military supervisory plane.

The Chinese J-16 fighter announced on Tuesday, Blares, which passed within 30 meters (100 feet) from the P-8 Poseidon Survival Slaughterhouse in daylight and in the international airspace, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday.

Australian plane usually bears eight or nine crews. The plane was not damaged and no crew member was injured, Marles said.

“The J-16 was so close that there was no way that you could ensure that rockets did not hit P-8,” Marles told Sky News.

“If any of these flashes had hit P-8, that would definitely have potential for significant damage to that aircraft,” he added.

The Chinese spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guo Jiakun in turn accused the Australian military aircraft of “deliberately” to fall into the airspace over the controversial islands of Paracel, which China claims.

“Chinese aircraft leaving measures were legitimate, lawful, professional and restrained,” Guo said.

Australia protested in Canberre and Peking capital on Wednesday and Thursday, Marles said.

The protest has accused two Chinese pilots of a “insecure and unprofessional maneuver that was the risk of aircraft and staff,” the statement said.

The protest emphasizes that, although bilateral diplomatic and trade relations improve, the relations between the two soldiers remain dangerous.

Interaction is the first significant conflict between Chinese and Australian forces that Australia has discovered in nine months.

In May last year, Australia accused the pilot for the Chinese fighter J-10 of insecure and unprofessional behavior over the Yellow Sea, throwing a flash on the Australian Navy helicopter Seahawk.

Australia said that a helicopter pilot must take avoiding measures to avoid rockets.

There were no injuries or damage, although experts warned that the helicopter could have been forced to the sea if the flash hit the engine.

At the time, China protested that the helicopter landed near the Chinese airspace and tried to conduct a reconnaissance at the Chinese Navy exercise.

In November 2023, Australia accused Beijing of insecure and unprofessional interaction near Japan’s coast after the Chinese destroyer approached the Australian military ship, where divers were trying to separate fish nets from their facilities. Said the Australian Ministry of Defense The Chinese vessel “managed its sonar mounted on the torso in a way that was the risk of the safety of Australian divers who were forced to get out of the water.”

2023. Former President Joe Biden officially announced that Australia would buy Submarine with nuclear drive From the USA partnership between the US, the UK and Australia, announced 2021He allowed Australia to approach the submarines with nuclear drive, which are more hidden and more capable of conventional vessels, as a counterbalance to Chinese military accumulation.

Tensions and military conflicts have been escalated in the South Chinese Sea in recent months. For years, Philippines and China have clashed over naval rights in the South Chinese Sea, as well as possession of ridges and islets.

Last month, the Philippine police said submarine He was recovered from China in the waters in the southern Chinese sea.

In December are Chinese Coast Guard vessels supported by navy ships fired powerful water cannons and blocked and capable of a Philippine patrol ship. US Ambassador to the Philippines, Marykay Carlson, Accused Beijing in a post on social networks putting “life in danger” by disrupting the Philippine maritime operation,