It is when it is China. They are sending planes and ships into places they have never dared to travel these days. It's not a "fishing trawler" or a "transport place", it's a squadron of ships and formations of aircraft. That's a big difference than Russia sending a Tu-95.
"Kyodo News reported that Japan scrambled jets Sunday for the third successive day in response to four Chinese military aircraft flying over international waters near the Okinawa island chain.
Two Y8 early-warning aircraft and two H6 bombers flew from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean and back again but did not violate Japan’s airspace, it said."
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Well, Russian bombers fly around Japan in circle at all times, so this is nothing new.
ReplyDeleteIt is when it is China. They are sending planes and ships into places they have never dared to travel these days. It's not a "fishing trawler" or a "transport place", it's a squadron of ships and formations of aircraft. That's a big difference than Russia sending a Tu-95.
ReplyDelete"Kyodo News reported that Japan scrambled jets Sunday for the third successive day in response to four Chinese military aircraft flying over international waters near the Okinawa island chain.
Two Y8 early-warning aircraft and two H6 bombers flew from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean and back again but did not violate Japan’s airspace, it said."
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131027/DEFREG03/310270009/Japan-s-PM-Warns-China-Use-Force-Jets-Scrambled