China has accused Canada of carrying out “malicious and provocative” actions in the South China Sea, after the Canadian Navy said Chinese fighter jets endangered a helicopter in two close intercepts above international waters.

The comments come after CNN revealed last week that a Chinese warplane fired flares in front of a Canadian military helicopter on October 29, an operation that Canadian military officers said was reckless and could have resulted in the downing of the aircraft.

The incident was the second of two “unsafe” encounters the Canadian chopper had on that day with Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy J-11 fighters, which got as close as 100 feet (30 meters) from the helicopter, Maj. Rob Millen, air officer aboard the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ottawa, told CNN in an interview on the warship.

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      Does anyone understand the impacts of this (genuine question)? I doubt the crack actually goes very deep, and is probably just in the deck armor. But that’s probably very expensive to replace. I assume the point here is that it’s ridiculous their carriers are cracking on their own while in active service, probably due to negligence.

      Also, is it possible that’s just water or dirt? Or are we sure that’s a crack?

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        it’s ridiculous their carriers are cracking

        That’s the point, I have no idea of the full impacts, I am not a crack expert. Well, not in these kinds of cracks at least.

        Considering how bad modern Chinese construction can be, it wouldn’t be surprising if the whole thing just snapped in half.

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      It’s their playground. We’re on their playground. Imagine if China had bases in Cuba and Bermuda and were flying near our airspace. Geez, the liberal brain rot is real.