Japanese Air Force fighters to intercept 8 Chinese aircraft
38
The Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staffs (an analogue of the General Staff) of the armed forces (self-defense forces) of Japan reports that today (January 9) several fighters of the Air Force of the Land of the Rising Sun have been lifted into the air. The official Tokyo went to such actions due to the fact that “eight Chinese military aircraft made a flight over the Sea of Japan”.
The aircraft of the Chinese Air Force moved from the East China Sea. At the same time, the official Tokyo has already protested in connection with the “actions of the Chinese pilots”. Regarding exactly what "actions" caused irritation in Japan, the Chinese side is perplexed. According to the statements of the Chinese Air Force headquarters, the PRC military aircraft flew over neutral waters and did not violate any international norms.
It should be noted that this is already the second Japanese-Chinese skirmish on the "air" issue for the month. A few days before the end of last year, the Japanese interceptors, having approached the military aircraft of the Chinese Air Force, shot off the heat traps. Beijing called the actions of the Japanese military pilots "excessively dangerous and provocative."
Defense Industry Daily
Our news channels
Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest news and the most important events of the day.
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned), Kirill Budanov (included to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists)
“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev Lev; Ponomarev Ilya; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; Mikhail Kasyanov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"
Information