China warns Australia to stop 'dangerous' actions over the South China Sea after RAAF interception

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Source: Australian Broadcasting Corp.

China has warned Australia to stop "provocative" actions in the South China Sea region after a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) surveillance plane was dangerously intercepted in an area near the Paracel Islands.

Defence said the Chinese aircraft released flares while flying alongside the RAAF plane, before cutting in front of the P-8 and releasing a bag of "chaff" into its flight path.

The department said the "chaff" included aluminium fragments that were sucked into the engine of the Australian plane.

"We are warning the Australian side to immediately stop such dangerous and provocative actions and strictly restrain the actions of naval and air forces, otherwise it will bear all the serious consequences arising therefrom."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-07/china-warns-australia-after-raaf-south-china-sea-interception/101133128

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[nycbos]

1. Translation

The people we are trying to bully are fighting back. No fair.

[oldsoftie]

2. Standard UKR response applies here; "Go f*ck yourself". nt

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Agree with both posters. Sadly "the teams" for WWIII are becoming clearer.

[Martin68]

4. This is fairly mild Cold War stuff. The teams, I believe, were clear already.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Perhaps. But I imagine most of the world is completely clueless. We know USA is. n/t

[orangecrush]

5. Australian forces

Were extremely effective in Vietnam.

And WW2.

And WW1.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

10. ...

Australian forces Were extremely effective in Vietnam.

Yes they were, and they had an odd sense of humor, at least to this American.

[orangecrush]

11. Most likely

A very dark sense of humor?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. +100.

[paleotn]

6. If in international airspace...

then China can go F themselves.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. IMO China has a lot to be unhappy about:

Taiwan, plenty of US help basically mooning the mainland with a big kiss this ass attitude.
SCS, that body of water would be a lot more Chinese if Taiwan wasn't peeing in the pool.
Pine Gap, the whole works being closely watched by and shared among the Five Eyes group.