Latest! Japanese fighter jet "emergency takeoff response" Russian patrol aircraft Russia | Japan | patrol aircraft
According to Agence France Presse on August 18th, according to the Japan Joint Staff Supervision Department, after discovering Russian patrol planes in the waters near the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, Japan urgently dispatched fighter jets on August 18th. The report cites a brief statement from the Japan Joint Staff Supervision Department stating that "two Russian planes flew along the coastline between central and southern Japan, crossed the Tsushima Strait, and then returned on their original route." The statement stated that Japan's Air Self Defense Force fighter jets "urgently took off to respond.". In May of this year, Japan also urgently dispatched planes to respond to the "intelligence gathering aircraft" sent by the Russian side. The incident occurred on the occasion of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's trilateral summit with US President Biden and South Korean President Yoon Seok yeol at Camp David on the 18th, according to reports. The leaders of the three countries will reach a consensus on opening a new trilateral hotline and conducting regular military exercises, and agree to hold trilateral summits every year.
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