>*A Chinese military aircraft was confirmed for the first time to have violated Japanese territorial airspace on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said.*
>*The ministry said one of the Chinese military’s Y-9 intelligence-gathering planes had briefly entered Japanese territory near the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture from around 11:29 a.m. to 11:31 a.m.*
>*In response, the Air Self-Defense Forces scrambled fighter jets to notify and warn the intruding aircraft.*
>*China routinely sends aircraft into international airspace above the East China Sea, but this was the first instance of a territorial airspace violation to be publicly confirmed by Japan.*
>*Observers say the moves are intended to probe Japan’s response time and erode the capabilities of its fighter jets.*
Bluemaxman2000 on
Jesus Christ we are really fucking Chamberlaining things up right now.
userpaixao on
It sounds like tensions are starting to escalate in the skies above Japan.
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>*A Chinese military aircraft was confirmed for the first time to have violated Japanese territorial airspace on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said.*
>*The ministry said one of the Chinese military’s Y-9 intelligence-gathering planes had briefly entered Japanese territory near the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture from around 11:29 a.m. to 11:31 a.m.*
>*In response, the Air Self-Defense Forces scrambled fighter jets to notify and warn the intruding aircraft.*
>*China routinely sends aircraft into international airspace above the East China Sea, but this was the first instance of a territorial airspace violation to be publicly confirmed by Japan.*
>*Observers say the moves are intended to probe Japan’s response time and erode the capabilities of its fighter jets.*
Jesus Christ we are really fucking Chamberlaining things up right now.
It sounds like tensions are starting to escalate in the skies above Japan.