China, Russia, South Korea and Japan Nearly Went To War Last Month

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Sebastien Roblin, National Interest: World War III (Almost): China, Russia, South Korea and Japan Nearly Went to War

What stopped this disaster?

Aerial encounters between bombers and patrol planes and jet fighters are common, though sometimes tense occurrences as fighter pilots sometimes seek to intimidate the crews of bombers or spy planes with close, dangerous flybys. However, it’s rare today for probing bombers or spy planes to actually violate another country’s airspace—and even rarer for fighters to open fire during an intercept, even if only in warning.

The morning dawned peacefully enough on July 22 as Chinese and Russian warplanes soared towards a rendezvous point over the Sea of Japan for what was to be their first-ever joint patrol.

As Russia’s defense ministry put it, this was intended to deepen “Russian-Chinese relations within our all-encompassing partnership, of further increasing cooperation between our armed forces, and of perfecting their capabilities to carry out joint actions, and of strengthening global strategic security.”

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WNU Editor: Below (in chronological order) is what happened ....

South Korea Fired ‘Warning Shots’ At A Russian Military Aircraft Aftr It ‘Violated Airspace’ (July 23, 2019).
Warplanes From South Korea, Russia, China, And Japan Were Involved In Yesterday's Air Confrontation (July 23, 2019)
Russia And South Korea Dispute Yesterday's Airspace 'Intrusion' (July 24, 2019)
Chinese And Russian Warplanes Are Trying To Poke Holes In The U.S.-Japan-South Korea Security System (August 16, 2019)