Russian aircraft enter air defense zone
South Korea said on Tuesday it had scrambled fighter jets found in response to a great intrusion into South Korea's air defence identification zone by 19 Russian and Chinese military aircraft. Four Chinese warplanes entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) accompanied by 15 Russian aircraft, relating to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).The South Korean military dispatched air force fighters to take tactical measures.The South Korean military said in a statement the Chinese military had informed South Korea that its planes were undertaking routine training before the Chinese aircraft entered the KADIZ.
"This incident seems to become a joint military drill between China and Russia nonetheless it takes a further analysis," the JCS said in a statement. In July this past year, South Korean warplanes fired hundreds of warning shots toward Russian military aircraft on a joint air patrol with China, if they entered South Korean airspace.South Korea and Japan, which both scrambled jets to intercept the patrol at the time, accused Russia and China of violating their airspace. Russia and China denied it.
