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Amber Wang

Wendy Wu

South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Friday after spotting Chinese and Russian military aircraft entering its air defence identification zone during a joint aerial patrol over the Sea of Japan.
It was the ninth joint strategic aerial patrol between the two militaries since 2019, and China’s defence ministry said the patrols were based on an annual bilateral military cooperation plan.
The South Korean military said it spotted five Chinese and six Russian military aircraft entering the South Korean Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) over the seas off the eastern and southern coasts without notice on Friday.
Air defence identification zones are not territorial airspaces but are delineated to call on foreign planes to identify themselves to prevent accidental clashes.
South Korea’s air force took “tactical” measures by mobilising fighter jets, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing an official with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
It is not the first time that military aircraft from the two countries have been detected entering the KADIZ during their joint operations, with similar incidents happening at least twice – in June and December of last year.
China and Russia have deepened their military cooperation, with frequent joint aerial and naval exercises taking place this year.
During a previous operation in July, the two militaries conducted a joint air patrol over the Bering Sea. Two Russian Tu-95 and two Chinese H-6 bombers were spotted off the coast of the US state of Alaska – the first time they held such an exercise in the area.
The patrol in July was held in international airspace, and was intercepted by US and Canadian fighter jets under lead of Norad, the binational command between the United States and Canada.
China said then that such patrols were not aimed at any third party, in line with international practice, and were unrelated to the current international and regional situation.
In September, Chinese and Russian naval and air forces conducted a six-day drill in the Sea of Japan as part of their Northern/Interaction-2024 exercise, with China describing the exercises as a test of the tactical command coordination and joint operational capabilities of the two sides.
A Chinese coastguard fleet also entered the Arctic Sea for the first time for a joint patrol with Russian counterparts in October as the two countries stepped up efforts to develop Arctic shipping routes.
The US and its regional allies, including Japan and South Korea, have grown increasingly wary as they closely monitor the movements.
In August, the Japanese government lodged a formal protest through diplomatic channels to Beijing following the first recorded intrusion into Japanese airspace by a Chinese military aircraft.


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