Multiple Russian, Chinese warplanes enter KADIZ without notice: JCS

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May. 25. 2022

Multiple Russian, Chinese warplanes enter KADIZ without notice: JCS​

A photo of H-6 jet bomber / Yonhap

Multiple Russian and Chinese warplanes entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) without notice on Tuesday, prompting the Air Force to scramble fighters to the scene, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

The JCS said that two Chinese and four Russian warplanes entered the KADIZ, but did not violate South Korea's territorial air.

"Prior to their entry into the KADIZ, our military deployed Air Force fighters to conduct tactical steps in preparation against potential accidental situations," the JCS said in a text message sent to reporters.

At 7:56 a.m., two Chinese H-6 bombers entered the KADIZ from an area 126 kilometers northwest of Ieodo, a submerged rock south of the southern island of Jeju, according to the JCS. They moved toward the East Sea and exited the zone at around 9:33 a.m.

Later, the two Chinese warplanes joined four Russian warplanes, including two TU-95 bombers, and entered the KADIZ together at 9:58 a.m. They then left the zone at 10:15 a.m.

At around 3:40 p.m., four Chinese and two Russian military aircraft were spotted flying in an area some 267 km southeast of Ieodo ― outside the KADIZ ― the JCS said.

The air defense zone is not territorial airspace, but is delineated to call on foreign planes to identify themselves so as to prevent accidental clashes. (Yonhap)

 

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Japan says China, Russia jets flew nearby as Quad met​

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TOKYO

Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan on Tuesday as leaders of the Quad bloc met in Tokyo, the Japanese defense minister said.

Nobuo Kishi said the government had expressed "grave concerns" to Russia and China over the flights, which took place while leaders from the United States, India, Australia and Japan held talks on regional security.

The planes did not breach territorial airspace, the defense ministry told AFP, and it was the fourth time since November that long-distance joint flights by Russia and China had been spotted near Japan.

"Two Chinese bombers joined two Russian bombers in the Sea of Japan and made a joint flight to the East China Sea," Kishi told reporters.

"After that, a total of four aircraft, two presumed (new) Chinese bombers -- which replaced the two Chinese bombers -- and two Russian bombers, conducted a joint flight from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean."

He said a Russian intelligence-gathering aircraft also flew off northern Hokkaido to the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on Tuesday, calling the moves especially "provocative" given the summit in Tokyo.

Beijing confirmed the flights in a short statement, and said it was in line with the Chinese and Russian "annual military cooperation plan".

"On May 24, both countries' air forces organized and carried out a routine joint strategic mid-air patrol in the airspace above the Sea of Japan, East China Sea and Western Pacific maritime areas," a statement from the ministry of defense said.
The Quad leaders on Tuesday warned against attempts to "change the status quo by force", although they avoided direct references to Russia or China in a joint statement.

Their statement referred to the war in Ukraine, however, and warned against a range of activities which Beijing has regularly been accused of in the region.
Kishi said Japan had "communicated through diplomatic routes our grave concerns from the perspective of our country's and the region's security".

"As the international community responds to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the fact that China took such action in collaboration with Russia, which is the aggressor, is cause for concern. It cannot be overlooked."

Japan, which has volatile ties and border disputes with its neighbors China, Russia and South Korea, routinely sends jets to defend its air borders.

The country scrambled military jets 1,004 times in the year to March, the second-highest count on record, according to the defense ministry.

Most were to counter approaching Chinese aircraft, although many of the rest involved Russian aircraft.

© 2022 AFP

 

[red amoeba]

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[syed putra]

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[Sideswipe]

Attack both.and now. From the eastern flank for russia. Wrstern flank for china. You only need to control tibet to control china. All its water resources are from there.

Tibet is useless. the remnant of the defeated KMT army didn't want to retreat to Tibet in 1949. what the hell they would do there ?

 

[KuanTi01]

Why the big fuss? It's called FON and/or veiled threat. The QUAD met to target China and condemn Russia; not to play Monopoly or sing Karaoke.

 

[eatshitndie]

in real war, those lumbering outdated jets could be easily shot down.

 

[zhihau]

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[tanwahtiu]

Very clear sign that Winnie and Putin are brothers in arms. So what is Biden gonna do now ? More thrash talking ?

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