China has accused Canada of carrying out “malicious and provocative” actions in the South China Sea, after the Canadian Navy said Chinese fighter jets endangered a helicopter in two close intercepts above international waters.

The comments come after CNN revealed last week that a Chinese warplane fired flares in front of a Canadian military helicopter on October 29, an operation that Canadian military officers said was reckless and could have resulted in the downing of the aircraft.

The incident was the second of two “unsafe” encounters the Canadian chopper had on that day with Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy J-11 fighters, which got as close as 100 feet (30 meters) from the helicopter, Maj. Rob Millen, air officer aboard the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ottawa, told CNN in an interview on the warship.

  • @TokenBoomer
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    -4111 months ago

    It’s their playground. We’re on their playground. Imagine if China had bases in Cuba and Bermuda and were flying near our airspace. Geez, the liberal brain rot is real.

      • @Sunrosa
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        211 months ago

        This is fucked up! Planes crash at lower altitudes from wake turbulence from much farther away, and that’s from being behind passenger jets! Not only do they crash, but they sometimes rip planes apart where they stand! This is an act not just of warning/bullying but of blatant aggression.

      • @TokenBoomer
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        It’s the best excuse. If China was flying off the coast of South Carolina you don’t think our military would do that? GTFOH

        • Piecemakers
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          611 months ago

          Dammit, gramps. You’re standing in your own liquid shit again.

          • @TokenBoomer
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            -211 months ago

            Attack the person instead of the argument. Nice.

        • @T00l_shed
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          411 months ago

          In international waters? Sure maybe they would fly close to keep an eye, but they wouldn’t buzz helicopters or fly dangerously close to other air craft. Your brain rot is real.

          • @TokenBoomer
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            Sure. I give links with evidence. You insult me. And I have brain rot?

            • @T00l_shed
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              311 months ago

              Yes you did provide evidence of China being a dick and potentially causing international issues. I don’t think that’s the point you were going for though hahahaha.

              • @TokenBoomer
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                -311 months ago

                Beijing responds by condemning Washington’s ‘frequent’ military reconnaissance activities as ‘root cause’ of maritime security issues

                From their perspective, America’s the dick. Surely that can’t be true. Hahahaha

                • @T00l_shed
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                  211 months ago

                  In international waters? In international air space? Around their ally Taiwan? China can get fucked they are going to cause an incident. Not saying the US isn’t a dick because duh, they are, but China is at fault here, hahahahaha.

                  • @TokenBoomer
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                    -411 months ago

                    My brain rot can’t understand this logic.

            • @Sunrosa
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              111 months ago

              This is paywalled lol.

        • @Sunrosa
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          211 months ago

          The south china sea is bordered by many nations. It does not belong to china.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 months ago

      It’s not “their playground”. Besides the fact that the South China Sea is a crucial international trade route (and thus shouldn’t “belong” to anyone), it is also bordered by many nations other than China, like Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines. And these nations are very bothered by the way China is using its size to bully them out of their own coastline. That is why Canada is there, to prevent China from dominating the smaller states. Obviously NATO has more than one goal in the region, but they are not uninvited guests and, in a world as globalized as ours, the South China Sea might as well be Canada’s playground.

      • @Sunrosa
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        111 months ago

        The united states navy is also working in the south china sea for the same reason iirc

      • @TokenBoomer
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        -111 months ago

        Might makes right? That’s a very liberal interpretation.

      • @TokenBoomer
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        011 months ago

        I’m not a tankie, I could just be an old man with a warped world view.