Beijing's ‘too close to China’ excuse rubbished after Darwin incident

Strategic Analysis Australia’s Michael Shoebridge has rubbished Beijing's common excuse of Defence Forces stray “too close to China” after a potentially fatal incident occurred off the coast of Darwin. “The Chinese say, oh it is because you are too close to China,” Mr Shoebridge told Sky News Australia host Danica De Giorgio. “Well, the Chinese military have done this off the coast of Darwin to a Royal Australian Airforce aircraft. “They put their laser onto the aircraft which could have blinded the pilots and caused it to crash.”