Interception of Canadian military plane by Chinese jets was unacceptable -Ottawa (www.reuters.com)

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 13 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

OTTAWA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The interception of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets over international waters on Monday was unacceptable, dangerous and reckless, said Defence Minister Bill Blair.

He spoke after Canada's Global News said a Chinese jet had come within five meters (16 feet) of a Canadian surveillance plane taking part in an U.N. operation to enforce sanctions against North Korea.

Blair said that while the Chinese air force regularly interacted with planes on U.N. missions, the incident on Monday had put the Canadian aircraft at significant risk.

In June 2022, Canada's military accused Chinese warplanes of harassing its patrol aircraft as they monitored North Korea sanction evasions, sometimes forcing Canadian planes to divert from their flight paths.

In May, the Pentagon said a Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver near a U.S. military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace.

The encounter followed what Washington calls a recent trend of increasingly dangerous behavior by Chinese military aircraft.

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[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

The Chinese culture values strength over weakness or rather, winning at all costs. They will push everyone until they get pushed back. Any attempts at compromise is viewed as a weakness. Once the West understands this, only then China can be brought to heel.

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

If you want to see what legions of paid trolls and bots can do, go to the global news video about this on YouTube and look at the comments. Absolutely packed with the same BS talking point.

[+] Echo71Niner@lemm.ee -19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's quite audacious for China to intercept us during our flyby mission near the airspace of one of their allies. If the situation were reversed, and the Chinese were conducting a flyby along the coast of Alaska, we would unquestionably support their right to do so and refrain from any intervention.

[-] steltek@lemm.ee 24 points 11 months ago

You're misrepresenting what happened and the documented differences in how China behaves vs other countries.

It's hard to overstate how dangerous flying within 5 meters of another jet is.

Russia frequently tests US readiness by flying towards North American airspace yet you don't hear about F-22 pilots colliding with other planes. But there's a long history of Chinese pilots absolutely fucking it up, resulting in death and damage.

[-] Peaty@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Canada is flying missions for the UN which Chia is a part of. China should not be attempting to interfere with these missions as the purpose is to make sure the DPRK are in fact honoring their agreements.

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