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sl8

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Mon Aug 26, 2024, 08:12 AM Aug 26

Japan scrambles jets against China plane that breached airspace

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/japan-scrambles-jets-against-china-reconnaissance-plane-that-breached-airspace-2024-08-26/

Japan scrambles jets against China plane that breached airspace

By Reuters
August 26, 2024 5:50 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago

TOKYO/BEIJING, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Japan's defence ministry said it had scrambled jets against a Chinese reconnaissance aircraft that had briefly breached its airspace on Monday morning.

The aircraft was identified as a Y-9 reconnaissance plane that flew over the Danjo Islands to the west of the southern island of Kyushu between around 11:29 a.m. and 11:31 a.m.

The ministry said it was the first time a Chinese military aircraft had breached Japan's airspace, and that the government had lodged a strong protest against Beijing through diplomatic channels.

Separately, the Japanese foreign ministry said Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano had summoned a senior official at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo to lodge a protest against the incursion and to strongly demand the prevention of such breaches.

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Japan scrambles jets against China plane that breached airspace (Original Post) sl8 Aug 26 OP
And what would China say or do if the Japanese jets just followed them into CHINESE air space???...nt mitch96 Aug 26 #1

mitch96

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1. And what would China say or do if the Japanese jets just followed them into CHINESE air space???...nt
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 12:16 PM
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