The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has accused F-15 fighters from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) of provoking Chinese aircraft within its unilaterally declared Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 6 August.
In a statement on 7 August, PLAAF spokesperson Shen Jinke said that "several" Japanese F-15s tried to approach PLAAF aircraft twice and carried out "extensive reconnaissance" in the area. The statement, published by state-run news agency Xinhua , gave no details on the exact number of aircraft involved or what Chinese air assets were involved in the encounter.
"The air force has carried out monitoring and identification of foreign military aircraft entering the zone and has taken corresponding measures to different threats, effectively safeguarding national air defence security," said Shen, adding that the PLAAF aircraft "took reasonable, proper, and restrained measures to cope with the threat in the airspace".
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