Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense ID zone for 8th time this year
- 5 years ago
중국 군용기 카디즈 진입, 비슷한 경로로 올해만 8번째
A Chinese reconnaissance aircraft entered the nation's air defense identification zone today.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff says the plane entered the KADIZ at around ten-twenty a.m. local time, from the northwest of Jeju Island,... then flew into Japan's air defense zone before re-entering the Korean zone and finally leaving the zone at three p.m.
The South Korean Air Force scrambled fighter jets to track and warn the plane.
It is the eighth violation of Korea's air identification zone by Beijing this year.
Seoul's defense ministry summoned the Chinese air attache stationed in Seoul... Colonel Zhou Yuming ,... to deliver Korea's strong protests this afternoon,... and urge China not to repeat such moves.
The zone is set up for the early detection of any trespassing by unidentified aircraft into the nation's air space.
China has said that it does not recognize such air defense identification zones.
A Chinese reconnaissance aircraft entered the nation's air defense identification zone today.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff says the plane entered the KADIZ at around ten-twenty a.m. local time, from the northwest of Jeju Island,... then flew into Japan's air defense zone before re-entering the Korean zone and finally leaving the zone at three p.m.
The South Korean Air Force scrambled fighter jets to track and warn the plane.
It is the eighth violation of Korea's air identification zone by Beijing this year.
Seoul's defense ministry summoned the Chinese air attache stationed in Seoul... Colonel Zhou Yuming ,... to deliver Korea's strong protests this afternoon,... and urge China not to repeat such moves.
The zone is set up for the early detection of any trespassing by unidentified aircraft into the nation's air space.
China has said that it does not recognize such air defense identification zones.