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ref:Chinese military aircraft more aggressive since September, Japan claims - Telegraph
Chinese military aircraft more aggressive since September, Japan claims
Chinese military aircraft have become more aggressive in confrontations with Japanese aircraft operating over the East China Sea, since a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese Coast Guard vessel in September.
Chinese aircraft are not turning home as soon as they realise they have been detected but are continuing on their course Photo: AP
By Julian Ryall in Tokyo 10:55PM GMT 30 Dec 2010
Defence officials in Tokyo told the Asahi newspaper that in addition to the harassment of Japanese aircraft, China has stepped up its probing of air defences in the region and the monitoring of military exercises involving units from the United States and Japan.
In the last nine months, Japanese fighters have been scrambled to intercept Chinese intruders on 44 occasions, the highest figure in the last five years and more than double the number for the whole of fiscal 2006, the defence ministry officials said.
In another deviation from their previous behaviour, the Chinese aircraft are not turning home as soon as they realise they have been detected but are continuing on their courses until they make visual contact with Japanese interceptors.
Chinese reconnaissance aircraft are also increasingly entering Japan's Air Defence Identification Zone. Although this is not a breach of territorial airspace, it does inevitably lead to interceptors being scrambled.
The ministry officials said that prior to the incident off the Senkaku Islands which Japan controls but both Taiwan and China claim as their sovereign territory Chinese fighters and reconnaissance aircraft had avoided entering Japan's ADIZ.
In October, a Chinese Navy JH-7 fighter-bomber reportedly breached the ADIZ and came close enough to a Japanese fighter to make a visual identification.
During the "Keen Sword" military exercises in early December, F-15 fighters based in Okinawa were scrambled to meet an unidentified aircraft approaching the ADIZ. Japanese pilots confirmed that the aircraft was a Chinese Navy Y-8X maritime patrol aircraft.
There is growing concern in Japan at Beijing's increased spending on its military, particularly its navy and air force, as it looks to project its influence further into the Pacific and south-east Asia.
ref:Chinese military aircraft more aggressive since September, Japan claims - Telegraph
Chinese military aircraft more aggressive since September, Japan claims
Chinese military aircraft have become more aggressive in confrontations with Japanese aircraft operating over the East China Sea, since a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese Coast Guard vessel in September.
Chinese aircraft are not turning home as soon as they realise they have been detected but are continuing on their course Photo: AP
By Julian Ryall in Tokyo 10:55PM GMT 30 Dec 2010
Defence officials in Tokyo told the Asahi newspaper that in addition to the harassment of Japanese aircraft, China has stepped up its probing of air defences in the region and the monitoring of military exercises involving units from the United States and Japan.
In the last nine months, Japanese fighters have been scrambled to intercept Chinese intruders on 44 occasions, the highest figure in the last five years and more than double the number for the whole of fiscal 2006, the defence ministry officials said.
In another deviation from their previous behaviour, the Chinese aircraft are not turning home as soon as they realise they have been detected but are continuing on their courses until they make visual contact with Japanese interceptors.
Chinese reconnaissance aircraft are also increasingly entering Japan's Air Defence Identification Zone. Although this is not a breach of territorial airspace, it does inevitably lead to interceptors being scrambled.
The ministry officials said that prior to the incident off the Senkaku Islands which Japan controls but both Taiwan and China claim as their sovereign territory Chinese fighters and reconnaissance aircraft had avoided entering Japan's ADIZ.
In October, a Chinese Navy JH-7 fighter-bomber reportedly breached the ADIZ and came close enough to a Japanese fighter to make a visual identification.
During the "Keen Sword" military exercises in early December, F-15 fighters based in Okinawa were scrambled to meet an unidentified aircraft approaching the ADIZ. Japanese pilots confirmed that the aircraft was a Chinese Navy Y-8X maritime patrol aircraft.
There is growing concern in Japan at Beijing's increased spending on its military, particularly its navy and air force, as it looks to project its influence further into the Pacific and south-east Asia.