‘Provocative’: Australian Helicopter Targeted by Flares From Beijing

An Australian Navy Seahawk helicopter was forced to take ‘evasive action’ after a CCP warplane dropped flares in its flight path.

A J-10 fighter plane, photographed in 2013, like the one shown in this image, was used to shoot flares into the flight path of an Australian Navy helicopter, according to the Defence Department. Photo: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images

An Australian Navy Seahawk helicopter was forced to take emergency action after a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) warplane dropped flares in its flight path.

The incident happened about 7.30 p.m. on Saturday (Australian time), as the Australian MH-60R Seahawk was flying over the Yellow Sea off the coast of South Korea.