airspace

Japan says it will ‘closely monitor’ China’s military activity after Beijing admits spy plane violated airspace Blogging Sole

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Japanese officials said Wednesday they are closely monitoring whether China keeps its promise to prevent further violations of Japanese airspace after explaining that a incursion of a Chinese military plane almost three months ago, was unintentional and caused by turbulence. Tokyo protested and demanded an explanation from Beijing after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane briefly … Read more

UK sends jets to track Russian spy plane near British airspace Blogging Sole

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British planes were dispatched to monitor a Russian reconnaissance plane flying near British airspace, the defense minister said in London on Friday, just days later. NATO planes have been mobilized when Russian planes were spotted over the Baltic Sea and off the Norwegian coast. Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland tracked the Russian Bear-F … Read more