EU Naval Mission Says It Destroyed Two Drones In Gulf Of Aden
ATHENS, July 7 (Reuters) – The EU naval mission protecting ships crossing the Red Sea said its frigate Psara had destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday....
British Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender, followed by Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS Evertsen, sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
AMSTERDAM, June 8 (Reuters) – Chinese air force jets circled a Dutch frigate and approached a Dutch helicopter in the East China Sea in a way that “caused a potentially unsafe situation,” the Netherlands’ Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
In a statement, the Ministry said the HNLMS Tromp was patrolling on Friday in support of U.N. sanctions against North Korea when it was circled several times by two Chinese fighter jets.
Later, the ship’s NH90 helicopter was approached by two Chinese fighter jets and a helicopter.
“The incident took place in international airspace,” the ministry said.
The Tromp is heading for Japan next and then to Hawaii for the “Rim of the Pacific” naval exercises.
(Reporting by Toby SterlingEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2024.
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