Chinese fighter jets fire flares near Canadian helicopter in "significantly unsafe" moves

Canada’s Defence Minister Bill Blair revealed on Friday that two "significantly unsafe" intercepts took place involving Chinese fighter jets and a Canadian Cyclone helicopter on Oct. 29, including flares deployed in the path of the helicopter.

The intercepts took place near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, “well outside of the territorial limits of both China or any other countries,” Blair said, and while the Canadian helicopter was conducting routine exercises in the region.

The CH-148 Cyclone helicopter had taken off from the HMCS Ottawa, which the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) says is deployed in the region as part of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy.

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