Australia demands answers after Chinese jet fires ‘unsafe’ flares over South China Sea | ABC NEWS
The Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the Australian government has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing after one of its jets fired flares close to an Australian military aircraft.
The RAAF surveillance aircraft was conducting a routine patrol over the South China Sea when the incident occurred.
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