The flights are a “serious concern” for Japan’s national security, said a government spokesman. Read more at straitstimes.com.
over the Sea of Japan or East Sea, the East China Sea and the western Pacific Ocean but were at times accompanied by jet fighters from unidentified states, Russia said on Wednesday.
“At certain stages of the route, the strategic missile carriers were accompanied by fighters of foreign states,” the defence ministry said, adding that the airspace of other nations was not violated.“During the joint air patrol, Russian aircraft landed and took off from an airfield in the People’s Republic of China,” it said.
“Such repeated joint flights by the strategic bombers of the two countries in the vicinity of our country signify the expansion of activities in the vicinity of our country, and are clearly intended to act arbitrarily against our country,” Mr Matsuno, the government’s top spokesman, said. China said that “the measures taken by the Chinese military are completely reasonable, legitimate, and professional and safe”.
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