Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> summons <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>’s ambassador after military aircraft lasered in Red Sea</p><p>A <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> aircraft was part of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> mission <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Aspides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aspides</span></a>, which is intended to better defend <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.</p><p>It was <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lasered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lasered</span></a> earlier this month “without any reason or prior contact” by a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/warship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warship</span></a> that had been encountered several times in the area, the German Defence Ministry said.</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/08/germany-summons-chinas-ambassador-after-military-aircraft-lasered-in-red-sea" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/2025/07/08/german</span><span class="invisible">y-summons-chinas-ambassador-after-military-aircraft-lasered-in-red-sea</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChineseAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lasers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/aggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aggression</span></a></p>