S. Korea scrambles fighter jets after eight Chinese, Russian warplanes enter air defense identification zone
합참 "중•러 군용기 8대, KADIZ 진입" 軍, F-15K 등 출격
A total of eight warplanes from China and Russia briefly entered South Korea's air defense identification zone earlier today.
Chinese planes are known to do so with some frequency, and Russian planes less so.
But this time, they did so without notice.
For more, we have our defense correspondent Bae Eun-ji on the line for us.
Eun-ji, give us the details.
Devin, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced just a few hours ago that two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered South Korea's air defense zone, or KADIZ but did not violate the country's air space.
At 5:48 AM, two H-6 bombers from China, entered the area 126 kilometers northwest of Ieodo a submerged rock located south of Jeju Island.
It stayed within the KADIZ area for about 25 minutes before moving away.
About an hour later at 6:44 AM, they entered the zone again, this time from the northeast of South Korea's southeastern coastal city of Pohang before flying away about 20 minutes later.
A few hours after that, at 12:18 PM, eight warplanes violated the zone.
This included two Chinese bombers and six Russian warplanes, including four TU-95 bombers and two SU-35 fighter jets.
They entered 200 kilometers northeast of Ulleungdo, and flew toward Dokdo Island before eventually making their way out of the KADIZ zone about 20 minutes later.
Eunji, I understand there was a response by South Korea's military.
Right an official from the JCS explained that South Korea deployed multiple fighter jets including its F-15Ks in response, but did not elaborate on the exact number of aircraft.
South Korea's military said the country's fighter jets were ready even before the Chinese and Russian warplanes entered South Korea's air defense zone in case of an emergency.
The JCS official added that China and Russia appear to have been holding their combined aerial exercise.
China reportedly told South Korea through their military hotline that it was just an "ordinary drill."
The two countries last held air drills about six months ago, in May and both Russian and Chinese warplanes entered South Korea's air defense zone on that occasion as well.
Back to you, Devin.
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2022-11-30, 17:00 (KST)
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