China’s targeting of Australian military planes ‘aggressive and irresponsible’, US says
China’s targeting of Australian military planes was “aggressive and irresponsible”, the United States Department of Defense says, and it “represents one of the most significant threats to peace and stability in the region”.
In comments released on Thursday morning, the US defense department’s Ely Ratner said Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific was an attempt to challenge the rules-based order and assert greater control in the area.
Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, said incidents, including those aimed at Australian aircraft earlier this year, were “not isolated”. read more
