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Japan Sends Fighters As Chinese Jets Pass Miyako Strait

Swarajya Staff

Nov 27, 2016, 04:05 PM | Updated 04:03 PM IST




F-15 jets fly during the military review at the Japan’s Asaka training ground. Photo credit: TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/GettyImages
F-15 jets fly during the military review at the Japan’s Asaka training ground. Photo credit: TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/GettyImages

Japan scrambled its fighter jets as Chinese air force planes passed the Miyako Strait in Okinawa prefecture, the Defence Ministry said.

Six Chinese airplanes, including two fighters, flew over the Miyako Strait between Okinawa's main island and Miyako Island, ABS-CBN news reported yesterday (26 November), citing the ministry statement.

However, there was no actual infringement of Japanese territorial air space, it said.

According to the Japanese Defence Ministry's Joint Staff Office, four airplanes, including H-6 bombers and intelligence-gathering aircraft, flew in the Pacific Ocean toward East China Sea, passing over the Miyako Strait.

Two Su-30 fighter jets that passed the strait from the opposite direction made u-turns to join the four other aircraft before flying to the East China Sea, the ministry added.

A similar incident occurred in September in the area when eight Chinese airplanes, including fighters, passed over the strait, prompting an alert by the ministry. It was the first such passage through the area by Chinese military aircraft.

With inputs from IANS.


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