South Korea Scrambles Fighter Jets After Chinese, Russian Warplanes Approach
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Seoul registered its protest with Beijing about the planes entering its air defence zone without giving any notice.
South Korea on Thursday scrambled fighter jets after Chinese and Russian military planes entered its air defence zone without notice, Al-Jazeera said in a report. There were four Russian and two Chinese fighter jets entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) over the Sea of Japan between 11:53am and 12:10pm (local time) and then departed, the outlet further said. The area of the defence zone wider than the country's airspace. The planes did not violate South Korea's territorial airspace, the military said.
South China Morning Post (SCMP) said that the planes stayed within the air defence zone for 17 minutes, entering from north and flying southeast before exiting KADIZ.
"Our military identified Chinese and Russian military aircraft before they entered the air defence zone, and deployed air force fighter jets to take tactical measures to prepare for contingency situations," the joint chiefs said in a statement.
