The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced an alleged violation of the country's air borders by a Russian helicopter

Today, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that a Russian helicopter allegedly crossed the border of the country's airspace in the area of ​​​​the Nemuro Peninsula in Hokkaido province. Russian authorities do not confirm this information.

According to the Japanese side, at approximately 12.44 (6.44 Moscow time) a helicopter belonging to the Russian Federation flew into Japanese airspace. The planes of the country's air self-defense forces were alerted, but the helicopter left Japanese airspace.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense claims that a corresponding protest has already been sent to the Russian authorities. However, it is interesting that the Russian side does not confirm or comment on this situation. It is possible that a comment from the Russian Foreign Ministry or the Russian Defense Ministry will appear, but so far there is none.

As you know, Tokyo is demonstrating an increasingly unfriendly position towards our country. This is connected not so much with the existing territorial disputes about the ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands, but with the desire of the Japanese government to follow the general course of American foreign policy.

As a US satellite in East Asia, on whose territory there have been significant American troops for almost eight decades, Japan acts in the interests of Washington. But such a position creates additional risks precisely for the island state, since Tokyo is in tense relations with the DPRK, China, and the Russian Federation.

Comments

[Fitter65]

Today, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that a Russian helicopter allegedly crossed the border of the country's airspace in the area of ​​​​the Nemuro Peninsula in Hokkaido province.

A Russian helicopter, these are not American planes with “Fat Man” and “Kid”... Well, it’s a little blown away by the wind, it happens. The main thing is that the “Sarmatians” do not fly, blown away by the wind from the Kamchatka Kura training ground...

[Zoldat_A]

It seems that if Russia wanted to demonstratively and purposefully violate Japanese airspace, it would not be just one helicopter, and it would be felt not only in Hokkaido, but also in Tokyo. And Hiroshima and Nagasaki would seem like a slight tickle to them.
But... It's not time.

And such policing of America will lead them to believe that the missiles will come from the Kims, not ours. It won't seem too small either. America has never brought a single country that it has “helped” to any good.
And the yuppies will still take a spoon full of hot food. It’s not for nothing that the world is getting hotter and hotter.

[Aerodrome]

the Yaps began to bubble, again, well, they must realize that they are an island that may not exist tomorrow.

[faiver]

It’s better that they look after their fisherwomen, and that the consul or ambassador apologize for the helicopter, that’s his job...

[Petr_Koldunov]

Well, of course Nemuro, what else! The most convenient place for maritime legal graters!
The Kurosawas won't stop! The whole point here is that from the closest point of Nemuro to Kunashir is 30 km. That is only 16 miles! And if a helicopter, for example, was making a patrol flight, then flying around the Veslovsky Peninsula in its 12-mile space, it almost inevitably flies into the 12-mile space of Japan near the Nemuro Peninsula.
And although in these cases the law of the sea clearly states that if the distance is less than 24 miles, the border runs in the middle... but since the Kabuki consider these islands to be theirs, they do not recognize the “middle”, and will always consider that their own 12 miles have been violated - even if the helicopter just brings stewed meat to Kunashir.