Shadow@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 11 months agoChinese military jet intercepts Canadian Forces plane in "aggressive manner"www.youtube.comvideomessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI’m not a bot … at least I don’t think I am But I still want to ask … why are Canadian military aircraft flying in international waters off the coast of China. How would we feel if Chinese military aircraft were flying off the coast of Canada? And there is military tension on Chinese borders, why would we want to further antagonize them?
minus-squareRecant@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoWell it’s international airspace and nations can fly whatever they want inside international airspace regardless of the proximity to a nation. Russians do it to Canada and the United States often but it doesn’t make much fanfare because the parties involved handle it professionally https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russian-bombers-buzz-canadian-airspace-1.5447833 https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/russian-bombers-alaska-american-jets-7735230.html
minus-squareReddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoCanada > China, they don’t need permission to fly planes over the ocean
I’m not a bot … at least I don’t think I am
But I still want to ask … why are Canadian military aircraft flying in international waters off the coast of China.
How would we feel if Chinese military aircraft were flying off the coast of Canada?
And there is military tension on Chinese borders, why would we want to further antagonize them?
Well it’s international airspace and nations can fly whatever they want inside international airspace regardless of the proximity to a nation.
Russians do it to Canada and the United States often but it doesn’t make much fanfare because the parties involved handle it professionally
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russian-bombers-buzz-canadian-airspace-1.5447833
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/russian-bombers-alaska-american-jets-7735230.html
Canada > China, they don’t need permission to fly planes over the ocean