Chinese warship targets German plane with a laser over Red Sea

Berlin announced that a Chinese warship targeted a German aircraft while working to protect marine traffic on the Red Sea.

The German Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Beijing’s military ‘endangered personnel’ participating in a mission led by the European Union.

China accused the operation by ‘disrupting’ and added that Beijing’s Ambassador to Berlin was called after the incident.

In the midst of the attacks of Yemen’s Houthi rebels’ attacks on international commercial ships, the EU launched operations aspants at the beginning of last year to provide a maritime presence in the Red Sea and the Gulf.

A ministry spokesman found that a Chinese military ship targeted the plane during a routine mission flight without any reason or pre -communication.

It took place at the beginning of this month and added that the ship has met several times in the region before.

The German Ministry of Defense said that the EU’s Aircraft, which has participated in the aspides mission that protects the international maritime in the Red Sea, has contributed to a very sensor platform, or that the region has been a “flying eye” for the discovery since October.

Mission flight was canceled as a measure and the plane descends to a base in Djibouti safely by adding the spokesman, ‘laser using the safety of the battleship personnel and materials at risk,’ ‘he said.

He said MSP’s deployment to Aspides has been continuing since then.

He said that the MSP was operated by a civil commercial service provider and that the collected data, including German Armed Forces personnel, contributed significantly to the awareness for the partners.

The exacerbation in tensions, the EU’s concerns about China’s critical technologies and its influence on the security infrastructure in Europe are increasing.

China previously rejected the accusations of ignition or pointing lasers on US aircraft. A European NATO member and events containing China are more unusual.

In 2020, the US Pacific fleet said that the Chinese warship fired a laser to a US marine patrol plane flying in the airspace on the international waters west of Guam. China said it didn’t fit the facts.

The operation began after Aspides began to attack the ships in Yemen’s Houthis in October 2023.

The militant group said that their aim was to put pressure on Israel to stop his attack on Gaza, but since then he expanded his attacks to target ships from all over the world.

On Sunday, Magic Seas, Liberia Bayraklı, claimed that they had sunk a Greek cast carrier, and accelerated their attacks against international transport in recent days.

Drone, missiles, rocket -guided grenades and attack on the small gun fire, the rebels sinking before the ship forced the ship to leave the ship reportedly forced to leave the ship.

A sea monitor reported today that another cargo ship has been under constant attack, lost power and suffered great damage since Monday.

‘The ship suffered significant damage and lost all the thrust. The ship is surrounded by small craft and is under constant attack, ” he said.