{"id":21464,"date":"2015-11-28T01:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T01:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/japan-scrambles-jets-after-chinese-military\/"},"modified":"2015-11-28T01:11:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T01:11:50","slug":"japan-scrambles-jets-after-chinese-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/japan-scrambles-jets-after-chinese-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan scrambles jets after Chinese military exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Fighter aircraft deployed by Tokyo after 11 Chinese planes spotted close to Japanese airspace during ‘unusual’ dispatch.}<\/p>\n

Japan scrambled fighter jets after 11 Chinese military planes flew near southern Japanese islands during what Beijing said was a drill to improve its long-range combat abilities.<\/p>\n

The planes – eight bombers, two intelligence gathering planes, and one early-warning aircraft – flew near Miyako and Okinawa on Friday without violating Japan’s airspace, its defence ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Chinese air force spokesman Shen Jinke said several types of planes were involved in the manoeuvres over the western Pacific, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n

Shen said such open-sea exercises had improved its military’s long-distance combat abilities.<\/p>\n

While there was no further comment from the Japanese defence ministry, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported it was “unusual” for China to dispatch such a large fleet close to Japan’s airspace.<\/p>\n

The defence ministry was analysing the purpose of China’s mission, it said.<\/p>\n

Japan scrambles fighter jets hundreds of times a year to defend its airspace with Russian and Chinese aircraft often in the area.<\/p>\n

Beijing warned this has heightened tensions between the two Asian powerhouses, which are already at loggerheads over a long-standing territorial dispute in the East China Sea.<\/p>\n

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