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?
December 22, 2020, 09:25 PM
jimb888
Wow, wonder whats up.
December 22, 2020, 09:30 PM
sigfreund
I believe that Biden, and then Harris, should start thinking about how they would respond to many more such incidents in the future.
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To operate serious weapons in a serious manner.
December 22, 2020, 09:40 PM
rburg
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
December 22, 2020, 09:46 PM
Snapping Twig
Thinking they mighta missed accidentally on purpose.
December 22, 2020, 09:51 PM
OttoSig
It happens.
And yes warning shots are a real thing.
10 years to retirement! Just waiting!
December 23, 2020, 05:13 AM
RichardC
quote:
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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December 23, 2020, 05:19 AM
FiveFiveSixFan
quote:
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.
From the article:
quote:
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.
December 23, 2020, 05:44 AM
arfmel
quote:
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.
December 23, 2020, 06:38 AM
sns3guppy
As opposed to fawning over beautiful love letters from the dictator?
December 23, 2020, 08:37 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy: As opposed to fawning over beautiful love letters from the dictator?
Take that anti-Trump crap and cram it up your ass.
Boy, you and a few other resident Biden sympathizers sure have become emboldened as of late, haven't you?
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December 23, 2020, 01:06 PM
Krazeehorse
Joe was probably already privy to that information.
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December 23, 2020, 03:26 PM
Edmond
This shit scares me because we all know how biden/harris will respond.
Just imagine how gore would've responded to 9/11 if he were president at that time...
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December 23, 2020, 10:29 PM
Snapping Twig
He'd a given them New Jersey!
I said so at the time.
December 24, 2020, 04:27 AM
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.
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...
December 24, 2020, 01:28 PM
sigmonkey
quote:
It does seem like the "joint military drill between China and Russia" may have been a test to see what reaction they got...
Well, they danged sure got some of the SIGforum's attention!
And boy is they mad!
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
December 24, 2020, 07:08 PM
markand
This will happen more frequently and brazenly, until a couple of commie aircraft get splashed. Then we see who has a backbone.
December 24, 2020, 07:34 PM
braillediver
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.
