A Russian defense force patrol aircraft violated Eastern airspace near Hokkaido’s Rebun Island on three separate cases on Monday, prompting Japan’s Self-Defense Power to dispatch aircraft in an emergency response and to fireplace flares.
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT DETECTED, MONITORED FLYING THROUGH AIR ZONE CLOSE TO U.S.: NORAD
It is the predominant time Japan’s SDF aircraft has fired flares in “an anti-airspace violation action”, govt spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi instructed reporters.
The SDF fighter jets – F15 and F35 – warned the Russian defense force over the radio forward of firing the flares all over the third incursion, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara instructed reporters.
The Eastern govt has protested to Russia through diplomatic channels and demanded that it prevent any recurrence of such violations.
