War of words continues. Does China have the ability to back up its threats? Japan Commercial airliners to ignore zone.
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China News Release - China monitors U.S. bombers in defense zone
BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's defense ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng on Wednesday said the country has observed U.S. B-52 bombers flying in the newly established air defense identification zone over East China Sea.
Geng said the U.S. aircraft flew south and north along the eastern border of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone from 11:00 a.m. to 1:22 p.m. Tuesday, about 200 km to the east of the Diaoyu Islands.
China Sends Warplanes into Air Defense Zone
China said it sent warplanes into its newly declared maritime air defense zone Thursday, days after the U.S., South Korea and Japan all sent flights through the airspace in defiance of rules Beijing says it has imposed in the East China Sea. China's air force sent several fighter jets and an early warning aircraft on normal air patrols in the zone, the Xinhua agency reported, citing air force spokesman Shen Jinke.Foreign planes identified in China's air defense zone
The People's Liberation Army (PLA)
Air Force on Friday identified and verified foreign military planes
entering China's recently established East China Sea Air Defense
Identification Zone (ADIZ), according to a spokesman for the
force.
Shen Jinke said fighter jets with
the PLA air force on Friday morning took off in an emergency
response to verify two reconnaissance aircraft from the United
States and identify 10 Japanese planes.
China scrambles jets to new defense zone, eyes U.S., Japan flights
China says US B-52 flight a recognition of China's defense zone
First, the U.S. has actually accepted the existence of China's ADIZ. Otherwise, the two bombers would not have chosen such a bizarre route. Second, since China didn't react to the flight, the U.S. probably will make more attempts until it discovers China's bottom line.
The U.S. government's comments on this
incident also left us a lot to think about. According to the U.S, the
flight was not only a warning to Beijing but to Tokyo as well. Taking
into account the two bombers' bizarre route, the U.S. was trying to
caution Japan against hasty action and to encourage it to leave the
issue to the U.S.
Japan, U.S. to up Senkaku surveillance
To block China’s move to change the status quo by force, which Japan and
the United States consider to be an unacceptable unilateral action, the
Japanese SDF plans to set up a new permanent unit of the Air-Self Defense
Force’s early-warning E-2C aircraft at Naha Base in the prefecture, and
expand deployment of the Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned
reconnaissance drone.
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