Friday, December 28, 2018

Weapons Radar-Locked Row Flares Up Between South Korea And Japan



Japan Times: Japan discloses footage of radar lock-on by South Korean warship

The Defense Ministry released video footage Friday that it claims shows a South Korean warship directed fire-control radar at a Japanese patrol plane last week, seeking to discredit repeated denials by Seoul.

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said the 13-minutes of footage, which was made public Friday evening, would prove that despite those denials the South Korean military destroyer locked fire-control radar on a Maritime Self-Defense Force P-1 patrol aircraft in the Sea of Japan on Dec. 20.

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More News On A Weapons Radar-Locked Row Flaring Up Between South Korea And Japan

Japan shows video of alleged radar lock-on by SKorea warship -- FOX News/AP
Japan says footage ‘proves’ South Korean warship had weapons lock on one of its aeroplanes -- SCMP/AFP
Japan accuses South Korea of 'extremely dangerous' radar lock on plane -- Reuters
Defense Ministry releases video of radar lock on MSDF aircraft -- Asahi Shimbun
South Korea, Japan hold talks on radar lock-on issue -- Nikkei Asian Review
Japan to disclose footage of radar lock-on by S. Korean warship -- The Mainichi

3 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

A shouting match between Korea and Japan is something we do not need right now.

fazman said...

Just as well it wasn't an Iranian Airbus.

Anonymous said...

"Just as well it wasn't an Iranian Airbus."

It has not been 50 years yet. So a lot has not been declassified yet form that time. Do you know how high tension were due to combat or how much combat there was? Do you know who was stationed at Bahrain or why?

The Pan AM flight was blown up in retaliation for the Airbus. Qadaffi took credit for it to improve his cachet, but is was Iran that was the real sire.