Japan Reports Russian Naval Vessel Sailing Around Japanese Islands
The Russian Navy vessels "carried out surveillance and information gathering," around he Japanese islands, according to Japan's Ministry of Defense.
Japanese Ministry of Defense (translation): "Regarding the trend of Russian naval vessels, the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces have announced that the Maritime Self-Defense Force Ominato Guard Corps "Suou" (Ominato), Yokosuka Guard Corps "Enshu" (Yokosuka), and the 2nd Air Group "P-3C" (Hachinohe) belonging to the 2nd Aviation Group. They also carried out surveillance and information gathering."
Japan: Two Chinese H-6 bombers Flew Between Okinawa And Miyako Island. Japan Scrambles Fighters
Japanese Ministry of Defense: "Two Chinese bombers (H-6) flew over the Pacific Ocean from the East China Sea, passing between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako Island. In contrast, Japan Air Self-Defense Force scrambled the fighters of the Southwestern Air Force to respond”.
Japanese MOD Statement And Vessel Information:
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