Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2020 8:54:20 GMT -5
"Japan will now scramble fighters once Chinese military aircraft take off from Shuimen, Fujian"
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The new approach was taken after a policy review last year, news reports in Japan says. Previously, fighters were only scrambled after the Chinese aircraft approach Japanese airspace. In the past, those Chinese aircraft had taken off from Zhejiang province and fly towards Senkaku Islands but recently they came from Shuimen instead.
And instead of two fighters scrambled each time, Japan will now send four warplanes out during each scramble. In order to give early warning for the fighters to scramble, Air Self-Defense Force aircraft have been flying daily from sunrise to sunset over the East China Sea to monitor Chinese aircraft activities.
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The new approach was taken after a policy review last year, news reports in Japan says. Previously, fighters were only scrambled after the Chinese aircraft approach Japanese airspace. In the past, those Chinese aircraft had taken off from Zhejiang province and fly towards Senkaku Islands but recently they came from Shuimen instead.
And instead of two fighters scrambled each time, Japan will now send four warplanes out during each scramble. In order to give early warning for the fighters to scramble, Air Self-Defense Force aircraft have been flying daily from sunrise to sunset over the East China Sea to monitor Chinese aircraft activities.