(See) EU-Mission EUNAVFOR „Aspides“

[Schneemann]

Germany Blames Chinese Warship for Laser Attack on Aircraft in the Middle East

Germany on Tuesday accused China of targeting a German civilian aircraft employed on a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea with a laser from a People’s Liberation Army Navy ship

In a post on social media channel X, the German Foreign Office posted that the Chinese military used a laser against a German aircraft operating under E.U. Operation Aspides, a defensive naval mission to protect shipping from Houthi attacks, and that the Chinese ambassador in Berlin was summoned as a result, “The Chinese military employed a laser targeting a German aircraft in the E.U. operation ASPIDES. Endangering German personnel & disrupting the operation is entirely unacceptable. The Chinese ambassador was summoned to the Federal Foreign Office today,” read the post.

https://news.usni.org/2025/07/08/germany...iddle-east

Schneemann