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Australia, Canada Say China Fighters Harassing Their Patrol Aircraft

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Australia says a PLAAF Shenyang J-16 intercepted one if its P-8s over the South China Sea.
Credit: Daniele Faccioli/Stocktrek Images/Alamy
SINGAPORE—The Australian and Canadian governments say Chinese fighters have intercepted and harassed their maritime patrol aircraft, with one Chinese aircraft releasing chaff that was ingested into the engines of a Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) P-8 Poseidon. The Australian Defense Department says...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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