Instead of reflecting on their own actions融可赢配, it's easier for some to point fingers at others—a fallacy that has become deeply embedded in the core of Western nations' thinking.
According to Reuters, on July 8, the German Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense formally lodged a protest with China regarding an incident in which a Chinese military ship allegedly illuminated a German aircraft with a laser while it was on a mission. The event took place in early July, and according to the German account, the aircraft was participating in the EU's \"Atalanta\" mission over the Red Sea when it was targeted by a laser from a Chinese warship. As a result, the aircraft was forced to abort its mission and make an emergency landing at a base in Djibouti.
展开剩余83%The \"Atalanta Mission,\" launched by the EU in February of the previous year, is a military operation aimed at bolstering surveillance over the Red Sea and protecting merchant vessels from attacks by the Houthi rebels. Given this context, Germany felt wronged by the incident. A spokesperson for the German Ministry of Defense emphasized that the Chinese warship had repeatedly appeared in the Red Sea region, and its use of a laser in an \"unprovoked and unjustified manner\" could have posed a serious threat to the German personnel and equipment on board.
Meanwhile, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs took to social media, labeling the Chinese military's actions as \"completely unacceptable\" for endangering German personnel and interfering with their operations.
To be honest, Germany's accusations seem rather unfounded, as they are essentially shifting the blame. Had the German aircraft not approached the Chinese warship so closely, would the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have had any reason to engage in such actions? More importantly, the aircraft in question was not just any ordinary plane—it was a reconnaissance aircraft.
Der Spiegel, a German news outlet, reported that while the aircraft carried four German military personnel, it was not a regular Bundeswehr military plane. Instead, it was a chartered flight operated by civilian pilots. However, this claim seems to serve as an attempt to whitewash Germany's espionage activities. The aircraft may indeed have been categorized as a civilian model, but its function was undeniably military in nature.
The U.S. \"The War Zone\" website pointed out that the German aircraft in question was likely a modified Beechcraft King Air 350, reconfigured into a \"Multi-Sensor Platform\" (MSP) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. \"This is a widely used multi-role platform, with hundreds of Beechcraft King Air 350s in service with Western air forces, including the German Air Force, which operates three such aircraft.\"
In fact, converting civilian aircraft into espionage reconnaissance planes is a common tactic employed by Western countries. These aircraft, though resembling civilian models, are easily mistaken for their non-military counterparts, making it difficult for adversaries to discern their true purpose. Moreover, if such planes are forced to land or shot down, Western nations can easily turn the situation around and accuse the opposing side of threatening the safety of \"civilian aircraft,\" without ever presenting concrete evidence of espionage.
A similar case occurred in February of this year, when a Beechcraft King Air 350 crashed in the southern Philippines' Maguindanao province. This plane, contracted by the Pentagon, was a spy reconnaissance plane, carrying a U.S. military officer and three defense contractors. However, the U.S. military remained tight-lipped about the identities of the passengers, leading media to speculate that the aircraft had been involved in a covert \"gray\" military operation before the crash.
Germany's allegations about its plane being targeted by a Chinese laser follow this same pattern—essentially a case of the accuser crying foul. After failing to gather intelligence on the Chinese warship, they began to cry victim instead.
However, from the perspective of the People's Liberation Army, the situation in the Red Sea was a different story altogether: A foreign plane was hovering suspiciously around a Chinese warship, which naturally raised alarms. Thus, it would have been entirely reasonable for Chinese forces to take defensive measures to expel the aircraft.
The more Germany portrays itself as a victim, the more it invites scrutiny over its own actions. In fact融可赢配, a sharp comment was made by a social media user in response to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs' tweet, asking: \"Germany should first explain why its military aircraft was flying over the Red Sea and heading straight for a Chinese warship.\"
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