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As Chinese and Russian military planes unexpectedly entered South Korea's air defense zone on Thursday, the country scrambled fighter jets, according to a report from Al-Jazeera. The site added, "Between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm (local time), four Russian and two Chinese fighter jets entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) over the Sea of Japan and departed."
South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after Chinese and Russian military planes abruptly entered the country’s air defense zone, according to an Al-Jazeera report. The area of the defense zone that exceeds the airspace of the country. The jets had not crossed the airspace of South Korea, according to the military.
According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the aircraft flew southeast before departing the air defense zone after entering it from the north and remaining there for 17 minutes. SCMP quoted Mao Ning, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, as saying, “As far as I understand it, I believe it is a routine and normal flight activity conducted by Chinese military aircraft in international waters.” “It is not something to criticize, and it is also in line with international law,” she said. Seoul protested to Beijing about the planes entering its air defense zone without permission. However, the two countries were unable to communicate with Russia since they do not have a military communications channel set up.
