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.

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      Major Cracks Spotted On Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fujian

      I’ll have you know that Major Cracks is a highly decorated member of the PLA!

      (PLN maybe?)

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      Does anyone understand the impacts of this (genuine question)? I doubt the crack actually goes very deep, and is probably just in the deck armor. But that’s probably very expensive to replace. I assume the point here is that it’s ridiculous their carriers are cracking on their own while in active service, probably due to negligence.

      Also, is it possible that’s just water or dirt? Or are we sure that’s a crack?

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        it’s ridiculous their carriers are cracking

        That’s the point, I have no idea of the full impacts, I am not a crack expert. Well, not in these kinds of cracks at least.

        Considering how bad modern Chinese construction can be, it wouldn’t be surprising if the whole thing just snapped in half.

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      -408 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.

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          28 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.

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          -268 months ago

          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

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            68 months ago

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

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            48 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.

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                38 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.

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                  -38 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

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                    28 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.

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        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.