Joint air patrolling of China and Russia scared, South Korea came into action and ran fighter jet

China and Russia on Tuesday conducted a joint air patrol over the Sea of ​​Japan and the East China Sea for the sixth time since 2019. This move of both the countries shocked the neighboring South Korea. As a result, he put fighter jets in the sky. However, China’s Defense Ministry said the patrol was part of the annual cooperation plan between the two armies. South Korea scrambled fighter jets after four Russian and four Chinese military planes entered its air defense zone in the south and east of the Korean peninsula.

In China’s last joint air patrol with Russia in November, South Korea also repelled Chinese H-6K bombers and fighters after Russian Tu-95 bombers and Su-35 fighters entered the Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ). Gave. Japan similarly scrambled jets when a Chinese bomber and two Russian drones flew over the Sea of ​​Japan. The air defense sector is an area where countries demand that foreign aircraft take special steps to identify themselves.

There are no international rules governing air defense zones above a country’s territory and territorial waters as opposed to its airspace. Joint air patrols began before Russia sent its troops to Ukraine and Beijing and Moscow announced their no-limits partnership. The result is a long expansion of bilateral relations built partly on a mutual sense of threat from the United States and other militaries.