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Japan Scrambles Jets Amid Russian-Chinese Joint Patrols Near Territory
Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.
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Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets As Russian Bombers Fly Over High Seas
Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian bombers flew over international waters around the country, Tokyo's top government spokesman said Friday.
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Japan Scrambles Jet After Chinese Military Drone Spotted Near Taiwan
Japan's defence ministry said on Monday it scrambled a fighter jet to monitor a Chinese BZK-005 military drone spotted flying between Japan's westernmost Yonaguni island and Taiwan in the morning.
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Japan Scrambles Jets After Chinese Planes Take Off From Aircraft Carrier
Japan said Monday it had scrambled jets in recent days as Chinese fighter planes landed and took off from an aircraft carrier deployed near southern Japan and Taiwan.
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"Halt Such Acts": Japan Protests Suspected Air Incursion By Russia
Tokyo lodged a diplomatic protest with Moscow after scrambling fighter jets on Wednesday as a suspected Russian helicopter entered Japan's northern airspace at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine.
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Japan Scrambles Jets To Intercept Nuclear-Capable Russian Bombers: Report
Japan scrambled F-15 fighter jets to intercept two Russian nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers that were flying over the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, the Interfax agency cited Russia's defence ministry as saying on Thursday.
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Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets To Intercept Russian, Chinese Planes
Japan's military scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Russian and Chinese planes, it said on Tuesday, including an observation jet at which South Korean forces fired warning shots after it entered airspace over an island claimed by both Seoul and Tokyo.
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Taiwan Air Force Scrambles Jet As Chinese Bombers Fly Around Island
In the latest flight by Chinese aircraft around Taiwan, two H-6 bombers passed through the Bashi Channel which separates Taiwan from the Philippines in the early hours of Friday and then rounded Taiwan via Japan's Miyako Strait, to Taiwan's northeast.
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As China Air Force Drills Near Taiwan, S Korea Jets Scramble
China's air force carried out another round of long-range drills on Monday, flying into the Sea of Japan, prompting South Korean jets to scramble, and again around self-ruled Taiwan amid growing tension over China's assertiveness in the region
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Japan Scrambles Jet Fighters At Record Pace As Chinese Military Activity Rises
Japan's air force scrambled fighter jets to chase away foreign aircraft at record pace in the year to March 31, government figures showed on Thursday, as Chinese military activity in and around the East China Sea escalated.
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Japan Scrambles Jets Amid Russian-Chinese Joint Patrols Near Territory
Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.
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Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets As Russian Bombers Fly Over High Seas
Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian bombers flew over international waters around the country, Tokyo's top government spokesman said Friday.
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Japan Scrambles Jet After Chinese Military Drone Spotted Near Taiwan
Japan's defence ministry said on Monday it scrambled a fighter jet to monitor a Chinese BZK-005 military drone spotted flying between Japan's westernmost Yonaguni island and Taiwan in the morning.
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Japan Scrambles Jets After Chinese Planes Take Off From Aircraft Carrier
Japan said Monday it had scrambled jets in recent days as Chinese fighter planes landed and took off from an aircraft carrier deployed near southern Japan and Taiwan.
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"Halt Such Acts": Japan Protests Suspected Air Incursion By Russia
Tokyo lodged a diplomatic protest with Moscow after scrambling fighter jets on Wednesday as a suspected Russian helicopter entered Japan's northern airspace at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine.
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Japan Scrambles Jets To Intercept Nuclear-Capable Russian Bombers: Report
Japan scrambled F-15 fighter jets to intercept two Russian nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers that were flying over the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, the Interfax agency cited Russia's defence ministry as saying on Thursday.
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Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets To Intercept Russian, Chinese Planes
Japan's military scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Russian and Chinese planes, it said on Tuesday, including an observation jet at which South Korean forces fired warning shots after it entered airspace over an island claimed by both Seoul and Tokyo.
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Taiwan Air Force Scrambles Jet As Chinese Bombers Fly Around Island
In the latest flight by Chinese aircraft around Taiwan, two H-6 bombers passed through the Bashi Channel which separates Taiwan from the Philippines in the early hours of Friday and then rounded Taiwan via Japan's Miyako Strait, to Taiwan's northeast.
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As China Air Force Drills Near Taiwan, S Korea Jets Scramble
China's air force carried out another round of long-range drills on Monday, flying into the Sea of Japan, prompting South Korean jets to scramble, and again around self-ruled Taiwan amid growing tension over China's assertiveness in the region
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Japan Scrambles Jet Fighters At Record Pace As Chinese Military Activity Rises
Japan's air force scrambled fighter jets to chase away foreign aircraft at record pace in the year to March 31, government figures showed on Thursday, as Chinese military activity in and around the East China Sea escalated.
