Chinese fighter jets release iron powder to disrupt Australian patrol aircraft in South China Sea

Canadian and Australian patrol aircraft have been in conflict with Chinese fighters in the East and South China Seas, the forefront of the US-China strategic conflict.

The Australian Ministry of Defense announced on the 5th that the P-8 ‘Poseidon’ patrol aircraft, which was conducting regular maritime surveillance activities in international airspace in the South China Sea, was interrupted by a Chinese J-16 fighter. Citing the Ministry of National Defense, the Chinese fighter jet approached the patrol aircraft and released chaff, some of which were sucked into the aircraft’s engine.

“The Australian Defense Ministry strongly condemned China, saying it was “a very dangerous action” for the P-8 to “have no choice but to make dangerous maneuvers that endangered the safety of the fuselage and crew”.

Earlier, the Canadian government also deployed its own maritime patrol aircraft, the CP-140, which was deployed to the Kadena base in Okinawa, Japan on the 1st and conducted surveillance activities against North Korea in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution from April 26 to May 26.

He said that he had no choice but to change the direction of progress with the approach of the Chinese flag. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was taking the situation “very seriously.” “It is a very big problem for China to act like this,” he said.

However, the Global Times, the English version of the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, reported on the 6th that the Australian patrol aircraft and others may have taken a provocative action against China first. It is highly likely that the Australian patrol aircraft invaded Chinese airspace or interfered with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army naval training in the process of invading Chinese airspace.

In response to the allegation that a Canadian patrol aircraft had flown in close proximity, a source from the Chinese side claimed that a Canadian military plane flew to the East China Sea, which had nothing to do with North Korea’s surveillance, and provoked China by conducting close reconnaissance.