TOKYO, Japan – Japan’s protection ministry on Friday mentioned it scrambled jet fighters to observe Chinese air power bombers and drones flying close to the nation’s southwestern Okinawa island and Taiwan.
Two Chinese H-6 bombers have been noticed flying by means of the strait between southwest Japan’s Okinawa and Miyako islands connecting the East China Sea and the Pacific on Friday morning, the ministry mentioned.
Okinawa is dwelling to one of many main American army bases in Asia-Pacific and the middle of Japan and the United States’ protection buildup to discourage China from attacking Taiwan or close by Japanese islands.
In a separate assertion, the ministry mentioned it additionally noticed a Chinese army drone and one other “likely Chinese” drone flying between Japan’s westernmost Yonaguni island and Taiwan through the day.
Japan dispatched its Air Self-Defense Force jet fighter to comply with the drones, which finally turned towards mainland China, it mentioned.
Taiwan’s protection ministry had reported renewed Chinese army exercise across the island earlier on Friday, together with 13 plane coming into Taiwan’s “response” zone and 5 ships finishing up fight readiness patrols. — Reuters
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