Hello and welcome to the details of South Korea scrambles fighter jets as Russian military aircraft enter air defence zone and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - For illustration purposes only. South Korea scrambled fighter jets after multiple Russian military aircraft entered its air defence identification zone over the East Sea without violating its airspace. ― AFP pic
SEOUL, Aug 26 — South Korea said today it had scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft entering its air defence zone, the second such incursion in weeks.
The relationship between the countries has worsened since South Korea joined Western sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and since Moscow built stronger ties with North Korea.
Seoul’s defence ministry said multiple Russian aircraft had entered and then left its air defence identification zone over the East Sea, also called the Sea of Japan.
“South Korea’s military detected the Russian aircraft before they entered the zone and deployed Air Force fighter jets to prepare for any contingency,” it said, without giving details.
The Russian aircraft did not violate South Korean airspace, it said.
An air defence identification zone is not sovereign airspace but a buffer area where countries require foreign aircraft to identify themselves for security purposes.
Military aircraft are generally expected to notify the relevant country before entering its zone, although there is no legal obligation to do so.
In late June, more than 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered South Korea’s air defence zone.
Beijing’s defence ministry said at the time that Chinese and Russian forces had conducted a “strategic air patrol” over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the western Pacific Ocean.
Russia’s defence ministry said the patrol was part of normal military cooperation plans and “not directed against third countries”.
But South Korea still lodged protests with Beijing and Moscow and demanded measures to prevent a recurrence. — AFP
These were the details of the news South Korea scrambles fighter jets as Russian military aircraft enter air defence zone for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
