Lasers targeted U.S. military aircraft in East China Sea; suspected to be carried out by China

U.S. media outlets are reporting that lasers have been used to target U.S. military aircraft operating in and around the East China Sea.

Edwin van der Heide laser show
By Rosa Menkman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/r00s/10405384363/) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons


The latest incident occurred this month and has been ongoing since September last year. Almost two-dozen cases have been reported by the pilots.

Wall Street Journal says the lasers appear to be from fishing boats – some Chinese-flagged.

U.S. officials say they don’t think the acts were carried out by the Chinese military but they also can’t rule out that the targeting was carried out from orders given by the Chinese government.

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