Japan Scrambles Jets As China Sends Fighter And Bombers Through A Disputed Strait South Of Okinawa

A Chinese military plane H-6 bomber © Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan / Reuters

Japan Times: China again sends fighter jets, bombers through sensitive strait south of Okinawa

The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled aircraft in response to a flight by Chinese fighters and bombers through a key entryway into the Pacific Ocean between Okinawa and Miyako Island, the Defense Ministry said.

Two Chinese fighters and bombers, as well as two other surveillance planes, flew through the Miyako Strait on Friday. The flight, which did not infringe on Japanese territorial airspace, was legal but went through a politically sensitive area.

It was the second such flight since September, when Beijing dispatched at least eight fighters and bombers through the area — apparently to send a message to Tokyo.

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WNU Editor: Japan better get ready for more intercepts .... China dispatches air force jets to carry out more drills in the Pacific (South China Morning Post).

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