The incident was the second of two encounters the Ottawa’s helicopter had with
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy J-11 fighter jets over international
waters on October 29, which saw the fighters get as close as 100 feet from the
helicopter, said Maj. Rob Millen, air officer aboard the Royal Canadian Navy
frigate HMCS Ottawa, the warship from which the Sikorsky Cyclone helicopter was
flying.
Canada has international commitments to patrol international waters
China claims a big part of international waters as their own so to legitimize their claim they are dumping sand in parts of the ocean to create islands and they defend it
Defending against international patrols is what these spats you see are
Canada has international commitments to patrol international waters
China claims a big part of international waters as their own so to legitimize their claim they are dumping sand in parts of the ocean to create islands and they defend it
Defending against international patrols is what these spats you see are