BY JACK PHILLIPS December 22, 2020 Updated: December 22, 2020
South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday after several Chinese warplanes and more than a dozen Russian aircraft entered its air defense zone.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the incident may have been a “joint military drill between China and Russia” but noted that “further analysis” is needed, according to the Reuters news agency.
About 15 Russian military jets and four Chinese military planes entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone, officials told the news agency. South Korea said the Chinese military said it was performing routine training before the aircraft entered the zone.
South Korea said it contacted the foreign ministries of Russia and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) about the alleged incident, according to Yonhap.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the Russian planes flew from north to south over the East Sea, according to the Korea Herald. They then headed northeast.
The Chinese planes flew near Ieodo, which is a submerged rock that contains a weather research station. Two planes left the zone via the East Sea, which is located between Japan and South Korea, officials told the newspaper.
The South Korean news agency noted that the air defense identification zone isn’t territorial airspace. However, foreign warplanes are supposed to inform a country before approaching them ahead of time.
South Korean planes in June 2019 fired warning shots at Russian military jets that were patrolling in a joint exercise with the Chinese military as they entered South Korean airspace. Seoul said at the time that its planes fired more than 360 rounds.
Has anyone heard further information on this? Scheduled exercise? Unexpected exercise?
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No harm,no foul. 360 cannon rounds and no hits? And these are the clowns we're supporting? I'm guessing the commies weren't really shitting their pants noting the lousy aim. They might have crashed while laughing.
Unhappy ammo seeker
Posts: 18394 | Location: Kentucky, USA | Registered: February 25, 2001
Originally posted by sigfreund: I believe that Biden, and then Harris, should start thinking about how they would respond to many more such incidents in the future.
Send uranium, kazillions in money and coupons for influence in American business?
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No harm,no foul. 360 cannon rounds and no hits? And these are the clowns we're supporting? I'm guessing the commies weren't really shitting their pants noting the lousy aim. They might have crashed while laughing.
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South Korean planes in June 2019 fired warning shots at Russian military jets that were patrolling in a joint exercise with the Chinese military as they entered South Korean airspace. Seoul said at the time that its planes fired more than 360 rounds.
Originally posted by sigfreund: I believe that Biden, and then Harris, should start thinking about how they would respond to many more such incidents in the future.
Unconditional surrender to their overlords in China.
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Originally posted by 220-9er: This actually happened a few years ago so the pilots had to go to the bathroom or they’ve run out of fuel by now. Stand down.
There were two different incidents:
- most recent on 22 December 2020 (main portion of the article)
- previous incident (at end of article) where South Korea fired warning shots at Russian military jets in June 2019
It does seem like the "joint military drill between China and Russia" may have been a test to see what reaction they got...
Posts: 131 | Location: Colorado | Registered: August 28, 2010
Time will tell. Remember the Hainan Island incident that occurred on April 1, 2001 when a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet collided in mid-air?
They disassembled the plane and sent it back in parts.