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Germany’s Foreign Office accused the Chinese military of targeting one of its aircraft with a laser during a European Union (EU) operation.
The aircraft was working with the EU’s Operation ASPIDES, a defensive maritime security operation to protect international shipping in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Gulf against Houthi attacks.
“The endangerment of German personnel & disruption of the operation are completely unacceptable,” the foreign ministry said in a July 8 post on X. “The Chinese ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office today regarding this matter.”
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