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Seoul, Nov 30 (AFP): South Korea’s military said it scrambled fighter jets Wednesday as six Russian and two Chinese warplanes entered its air defence zone without notice.
\nThe Chinese H-6 bombers repeatedly entered and exited the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) near South Korea’s southern and northeast coasts early Wednesday, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.<\/p>\n
Hours later they returned to the zone from the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, accompanied by Russian warplanes including two Su-35 fighter jets and four TU-95 bombers, it added.<\/p>\n
The warplanes eventually all left the zone and did not violate South Korea’s airspace, Seoul said.<\/p>\n
An ADIZ is an area wider than a country’s airspace in which it tries to control aircraft for security reasons, but the concept is not defined in any international treaty.<\/p>\n
“Our military deployed air force fighter jets even before Chinese and Russian aircraft entered the KADIZ to take tactical measures in case of contingency,” the JCS said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Beijing and Moscow appeared to have “engaged in a combined air exercise”, Seoul’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing unnamed “observers”.<\/p>\n
The incident comes as Washington pushes China, Pyongyang’s most important ally, to use its influence to help rein in North Korea, which has conducted a record-breaking blitz of missile launches this year.<\/p>\n
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently told Kim Jong Un that he was willing to work with the North Korean leader for “world peace”.<\/p>\n
Pyongyang earlier this month fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests yet, declaring it would meet perceived US nuclear threats with nukes of its own.<\/p>\n
The United States has accused Beijing and Moscow of protecting Pyongyang from further punishment.<\/p>\n
The two countries in May vetoed a US-led effort to tighten sanctions on North Korea in response to the North’s earlier missile launches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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