Getting Hotter (Dec 9): Australian Military Aircraft increasingly att4cked by China in the S.C.S

Earlier this year, the Defence Department confirmed military helicopters were targeted on a night-time flight in the hotly contested South China Sea.

The pilots were temporarily forced to return to their ship for medical check-ups following the incident, which occurred in May during the Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 exercise.

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