Australia is now demanding answers from Beijing after the "unsafe and unprofessional" manoeuvre posed a risk to the RAAF surveillance aircraft and its personnel. The Australian Defence Force (ADF ...

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said a Chinese jet released flares within 30 metres (100 feet) of an Australian air force P-8A Poseidon aircraft, after it was “challenged by a couple ...

but had any of those flares hit the P-8 that would have definitely had potential for significant damage to that aircraft." In a statement, the Australian Defence Force confirmed it has expressed ...