Chicoms accused of lighting up Aussie aircraft with a laser.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is calling on the Chinese government to explain why a laser was used to "illuminate" an Australian aircraft.
Morrison called for an investigation into what he claimed was a "dangerous" and "reckless" incident in which a warship from the People's Liberation Army Navy shined a light on an Australian aircraft flying overhead, according to CNN.
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"They're the ones who need to explain, not just to Australia, but to think of all the countries in our region," Morrison said. "It could occur to anyone else who is just simply doing the normal surveillance of their own Exclusive Economic Zone."
Chinese state-run newspaper the Global Times slammed the Australian government, with Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and commentator, saying that Australia "failed to tell the public how close its aircraft flew near the Chinese vessels, so people could not tell if the Chinese vessels were forced to take defensive countermeasures."
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China has become a hostile power in its relations with Australia. That is probably why the ship was in the area.
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