Germany summoned the Chinese ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after saying China’s military had laser targeted a German aircraft taking part in an EU operation in the Red Sea.

A Newsweek map shows all reported incidents of the Chinese military targeting U.S. or allied aircraft and ships with high-powered lasers. Germany said this week a Chinese navy ship used a high-powered laser on a German reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Red Sea area as part of an EU operation to safeguard commercial shipping against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

Germany said the laser was fired from a Chinese warship, pictured here off the coast of Taiwan last year China has disputed Germany's claim that it targeted a military plane with a laser fired from a warship,