Chinese fighter jets have repeatedly been accused of engaging in unsafe intercepts of US and allied aircraft by flying too close and recklessly popping off flares and chaff in their flight paths.
Chinese fighter jets have been popping flares or releasing chaff near foreign aircraft. Most recently, a Chinese J-16 let off flares in close to an Australian P-8A to warn it off. This tactic has ...
Australia accused a Chinese fighter jet of popping its flares close to one of its military aircraft above the South China Sea ...