U.S. Issues Formal Protest to China Over P-8A Lasing Incident in Philippine Sea

Type 052D Destroyer Hohot (161). Photo via Naval News

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The U.S. government has issued a formal protest to China over a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy destroyer shining a military-grade laser at a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft operating in the Philippine Sea last month.

USNI News first reported on Feb. 27 that a Chinese Type 052D or Luyang III-class destroyer, the Hohhot, lased a P-8 on Feb. 17 during operations over international waters and airspace...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/02/u-s-issues-formal-protest-to-china-over-p-8a-lasing-incident-in-philippine-sea

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