*Australia Criticises Chinese Fighter Jet’s Unsafe Release Of Flares Over South China Sea* The Chinese are refining a new methodology to dissuade foreign aircraft over maritime boundaries that are contested. The methodology involves sudden release of flares dangerously close to the foreign aircraft. Australia has reported one such case and raised concerns with China over what it said was “unsafe and unprofessional” actions by a Chinese fighter jet towards an Australian maritime patrol in the South China Sea on Tuesday. In the past, Philippines has reported such Chinese tactics, too. A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was conducting a routine surveillance patrol in international waters in the South China Sea when a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet released flares within 30 metres (100 feet) of the RAAF aircraft, Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday. 🔗 https://bharatshakti.in/australia-criticises-chinese-fighter-jets-unsafe-release-of-flares-over-south-china-sea/