Interception of Canadian military plane by Chinese jets was unacceptable -Ottawa
Interception of Canadian military plane by Chinese jets was unacceptable -Ottawa
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.
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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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13The 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.
5If 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.
4It'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.
-19You'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.
24Canada 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.
9Israel just bombed a hospital and killed 500 people, shit is about to change big time.
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How dare China go intercept us while we are doing a fly by right on the edge of one of their allies air space. If the Chinese were doing a fly by on the coast of Alaska we would totally defend their right to do so and not take any action!
-62From what I read (and saw on video), the issue is that the Chinese jet got within 10 meters of the plane being intercepted... Which is reckless as hell.
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