Chinese missiles risk to RAAF, commercial planes: Defence expert
The US expects to have "very serious" talks with China after reports Beijing has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to a disputed island in the South China Sea. Passenger airlines need to assess the threat posed by the Chinese missiles spotted in the South China Sea and think about diverting around those islands, a leading defence expert has said. Raising the spectre of the MH-17 tragedy, Peter Jennings, head of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said the presence of Chinese surface-to-air missiles on the Paracel Islands could pose a similar danger to commercial planes as well as RAAF aircraft. "There would be a lot of discussion similarly with commercial airlines, especially after the Ukrainian experience. Previously there was not a lot of consideration [about surface-to-air missiles],” he said. <br/>
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Chinese missiles risk to RAAF, commercial planes: Defence expert
The US expects to have "very serious" talks with China after reports Beijing has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to a disputed island in the South China Sea. Passenger airlines need to assess the threat posed by the Chinese missiles spotted in the South China Sea and think about diverting around those islands, a leading defence expert has said. Raising the spectre of the MH-17 tragedy, Peter Jennings, head of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said the presence of Chinese surface-to-air missiles on the Paracel Islands could pose a similar danger to commercial planes as well as RAAF aircraft. "There would be a lot of discussion similarly with commercial airlines, especially after the Ukrainian experience. Previously there was not a lot of consideration [about surface-to-air missiles],” he said. <br/>
