Chinese fighter jets have chased the US and
Japanese military aircraft inside China’s newly declared Air
Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea.
Chinese defense authorities say they sent more
fighter jets to the newly-declared air defense zone in the East China
Sea on Friday. This is the first time Chinese fighters fly over the
region.
Friday was the second day Beijing deployed its
aircraft to the controversial zone.
The Chinese air force described the mission as
a defensive measure in line with international law. Beijing also says
the country’s air force will remain on high alert and take measures
to deal with all air threats to protect China’s national security.
The Chinese Air Force spokesman, Col. Shen
Jinke, said Chinese warplanes had been scrambled to identify US
surveillance aircraft and several Japanese planes crossing through
the zone.
China sends warplanes and China media urges
countermeasures against Japan planes.
2 unidentified planes not squawking currently
in the No-Fly Zone.
Zoom into the area east of Shanghai.
America Vs China: America blinks first
“Washington tells airlines to notify Chinese
authorities if flying through area amid escalating tensions in South
China Sea”
America blinks first and submits to outrageous
Chinese demands
that aircraft identify themselves in international airspace. Washington making itself look weak and pathetic like this is a bad omen I’m sure we all agree.
that aircraft identify themselves in international airspace. Washington making itself look weak and pathetic like this is a bad omen I’m sure we all agree.
(South China Morning Post) Chinese military
aircraft were scrambled yesterday after US and Japanese planes flew
into the mainland’s new air defence identification zone.
Earlier, South Korea announced plans to include
a tiny island contested with China under its own air defence zone,
potentially raising the diplomatic temperature further.
PLA Air Force spokesman Shen Jianke said the
air force ordered Su-30 and Qian-11 planes to verify the identity of
the aircraft inside the zone yesterday morning.
USS George Washington on station
131129-N-BD107-155 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 29,
2013) Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft
carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) stand-by in the hangar bay for
a break away with Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition
ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) after a replenishment-at-sea.
George Washington and its embarked air wing,
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects
and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its
allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Built right on time to join the frey
In declaring China’s ADIZ, the Xi leadership
apparently counted on being able to put pressure on the US-Japan
alliance and isolate Japan.
The Chinese air force yesterday scrambled Su-30
and J-11 fighter jets after a dozen American and Japanese military
aircraft entered the air defence identification zone (ADIZ)
proclaimed by Beijing last weekend in the East China Sea.
The incident is the first direct Chinese
reaction to a US or Japanese incursion and heightens the danger of a
miscalculation leading to a clash and conflict.
Having declared the ADIZ, which overlaps with
Japan’s own ADIZ and provocatively includes the disputed
Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, the Chinese government has come under
pressure from hawkish sections of the ruling elite not to back away.
WASHINGTON — U.S. drones are heading to the
Senkaku Islands.
Japan and the U.S. will step up joint warning
and surveillance activities over the islands in Okinawa and other
parts of the East China Sea. The U.S. military’s Global Hawk
unmanned spy planes will be heavily involved in these activities
around the islands known as Diaoyu in China.
The increased joint activities, which will also
involve the Japan Self-Defense Force’s E-2C early warning aircraft,
are to reduce the risk of accidental clashes amid heightened
tensions.
U.S. advises airlines to comply with China
air zone demands
BEIJING —
The United States on Saturday advised U.S.
carriers to comply with China’s demand that it be told of any
flights passing through its new maritime air defense zone over the
East China Sea, an area where Beijing said it launched two fighter
planes to investigate a dozen American and Japanese reconnaissance
and military flights.
It was the first time since proclaiming the
zone on Nov 23 that China said it sent planes there on the same day
as foreign military flights, although it said it merely identified
the foreign planes and took no further action.
China launched two fighter planes Friday to
investigate flights by a dozen U.S. and Japanese reconnaissance and
military planes in its newly established maritime air defense zone
over the East China Sea, state media said.
The state-run China News quoted Defense
Ministry spokesman Col. Shen Jinke as saying the Chinese fighter jets
identified and monitored the two U.S. and 10 Japanese aircraft during
their flights through the zone early Friday, but made no mention of
any further action.
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