{"id":225302,"date":"2023-12-15T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=225302"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:59:02","slug":"putin-forces-fighter-jets-to-be-scrambled-after-joint-air-patrol-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/putin-forces-fighter-jets-to-be-scrambled-after-joint-air-patrol-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin forces fighter jets to be scrambled after joint air patrol with China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia and China stretched their military muscles and signalled growing security cooperation as their air force deployed aeroplanes – including nuclear-capable bombers – in the Far East.<\/p>\n

The Chinese and Russian aircraft carried out on Thursday joint exercises and long-range air patrols in the Sea of Japan and South Korea’s air defence identification zone within international airspace, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.<\/p>\n

Seoul’s military announced it had already protested with Beijing via direct military line over what it called an “incursion” into its air defence zone, adding it had no means to do the same with Russia, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reports.<\/p>\n

Also speaking about the concerning military exercise, the Japanese Defence Ministry shared a map showing the flight paths through northeast Asia of the aeroplanes. Both South Korea and Japan scrambled fighter jets to follow and monitor the Russian and Chinese aircraft.<\/p>\n

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Images shared by the Joint Staff of the Japanese Defence Ministry showed what appeared to be a pair of Russian Tu-95s and a pair of Chinese H-6 nuclear-capable bombers.<\/p>\n

They flew from the Sea of Japan into the East China Sea via the Tsushima Strait, Tokyo claimed.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Tu-142 and China’s Y-8 aircraft accompanied the bombers, Tokyo added. Su-35 and J-16 fighter jets are also believed to have taken part in the exercise as escorts.<\/p>\n

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