Australia: "Chinese fighter jets sprinkle iron powder on patrol planes"... China's "legitimate response"

Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense

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(Beijing = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Jin-bang = China’s defense ministry strongly countered that it was a “legitimate response” to the Australian Defense Ministry’s questioning of a Chinese fighter jet that flew in close proximity to an Australian patrol aircraft over the South China Sea.

According to the website of the Ministry of National Defense on the 7th, spokesperson Tan Kefei said in a question-and-answer format, “On the 26th of last month, an Australian P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft entered the airspace near the Sisa Islands and conducted close reconnaissance.” Despite repeated warnings from the side, (the patrol aircraft) even came close to the Chinese airspace.

“The Southern Front of the People’s Liberation Army of China organized naval and air forces to identify and issue eviction warnings,” he said.

“The Chinese military’s response is professional, reasonable and legal,” Tan said.

“China has notified Australia to immediately stop such dangerous provocations and to strictly crack down on the actions of naval and air forces,” it said. .

In a statement on the 5th (local time), Australia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement on the 5th (local time) that a Chinese fighter jet sprayed a bundle of chaff (iron powder used to confuse the opponent’s radar) while interfering with the normal surveillance activities of Australian patrol aircraft. claimed that a dangerous situation had occurred into the patrol engine.