French president delivers veiled warning to Beijing during speech in Singapore.

French president delivers veiled warning to Beijing during speech in Singapore.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned China that NATO could become more deeply involved in Asia if Beijing does not do more to stop North Korea from taking part in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

“North Korea in Ukraine is a big question for all of us. If China doesn’t want NATO to be involved in Southeast Asia, it should prevent [North Korea] from being engaged on European soil,” Macron said Friday during an address at a major defense summit in Singapore.

  • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
    116·
    3 days ago

    Has Pakistan shot down the French jets? India hasn’t confirmed those losses. If true then France doesn’t have much power to project.

    On 7 May, Indian and Pakistani fighter jets battled for over an hour. Pakistan claimed that three Dassault Rafales, one MiG-29, one Su-30MKI fighter jet, and one Israeli-manufactured IAI Heron UAV belonging to the Indian Air Force were shot down. If true, would first time that a French-origin Dassault Rafale has been lost in combat, reportedly having been shot down by the Chinese-origin Chengdu J-10. This, along with the performance of Chinese-origin PL-15E missiles in the combat, reportedly gained global attention.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_India–Pakistan_conflict

    All the downvotes, what’s wrong with my comment?

    • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      All the downvotes, what’s wrong with my comment?

      It’s a stupid as saying that Russia has shot down F16s in Ukraine therefore The US has no power to project.

      • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        Thanks for letting me know.

        Seems that I am out of my depth because I cannot imagine what France could do militarily. I would assume that any ship would be vulnerable if Chinese aircraft missiles have a longer range than the French ones so that France cannot defend their ships with their aircrafts.