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Russian Air Force bomber briefly intrudes into Japanese airspace (24 warplanes scrambled)
Kyodo News ^ | 02/09/08

Posted on 02/09/2008 5:57:03 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Russian Air Force bomber briefly intrudes into Japanese airspace

TOKYO, Feb. 9 KYODO

A Russian Air Force bomber briefly intruded into Japanese airspace off the southern part of the Izu Island chain on Saturday morning, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

Japan filed a strong protest via the Russian Embassy in Tokyo over the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber's intrusion which lasted about three minutes from 7:30 a.m., the ministry said.

Russia, however, denied the aircraft had entered Japanese airspace, Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reported.

Alexander Drobyshevsky, head of the Russian Air Force information service, told Itar-Tass that strategic aircraft missions were carried out in line with a plan and in accordance with international regulations on the use of airspace over neutral waters, without violating the borders of other countries.

According to the Japanese government, 24 Air Self-Defense Force aircraft, including F-15 fighters, were scrambled to deal with the intrusion off the uninhabited isle of Sofugan, about 650 kilometers south of Tokyo.

Japanese authorities warned the Russian aircraft over the intrusion, but it made no response, the government said.

The Russian bomber flew from the Sea of Okhotsk and traveled southward over the Pacific before entering Japan's airspace, the Defense Agency said.

It is the first time since January 2006 that a Russian military plane has entered Japanese airspace. At that time, a Russian transport aircraft violated Japan's airspace off Rebun Island off the coast of Hokkaido.

Russia had previously intruded into Japanese airspace over the Izu Island chain in September 1975.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Japan; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: coldwar2; intrusion; japan; redairforce; russia; russianmilitary; sovietunion; tu95
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Russia so eager to show that it is back in the neighborhood.:-)

TU-95


1 posted on 02/09/2008 5:57:06 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; sushiman; Ronin; AmericanInTokyo; gaijin; struggle; DTogo; GATOR NAVY; Iris7; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 02/09/2008 5:57:32 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Bush’s fault. (no reason, it’s just becoming a habit)


3 posted on 02/09/2008 6:00:21 AM PST by newnhdad
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To: newnhdad
Godizlla and Anime alert!
4 posted on 02/09/2008 6:02:16 AM PST by Ukiapah Heep (Shoes for Industry!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Deaf aircrew alert.


5 posted on 02/09/2008 6:06:20 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

That is an ugly airplane... sorry couldn’t help myself!


6 posted on 02/09/2008 6:06:31 AM PST by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

They are so noisy, we can track them on SOSUS arrays.


7 posted on 02/09/2008 6:07:57 AM PST by stuartcr (Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

If the Japanese had the same air defense system as the Syrians, they might never have known it was there. But lucky for them, they bought their’s from us rather than from the Russians.


8 posted on 02/09/2008 6:11:43 AM PST by squidly (u)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Poke....Poke

In God We Trust.....Semper Fi!

9 posted on 02/09/2008 6:18:06 AM PST by North Coast Conservative ( Operation Street Corner 2008. Veterans Against Clinton/Obama)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; Wright is right!; ..
Ping to aeronaut's list.
10 posted on 02/09/2008 6:21:22 AM PST by IonImplantGuru (I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

JASDF scrambled 22 aircraft.

They were ready.


11 posted on 02/09/2008 6:21:36 AM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

oooooohhhhhhhhh.........a stong protest! That’ll show ‘em!


12 posted on 02/09/2008 6:25:31 AM PST by wny
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Bear in the air!

No accident here. Bear F’s are routinely used for SIGINT and probing operations.


13 posted on 02/09/2008 6:29:49 AM PST by Doohickey (McCain 2008: A President with Tourette's will make press conferences interesting...)
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To: wny

Japan has simply adopted the response (or lack thereof) that all western nations, including Israel, currently employ when they are dealing with a nation state. There would possibly be a more forceful response if the transgressor was a disorganized bunch of ragheads. Maybe.


14 posted on 02/09/2008 6:42:17 AM PST by sargunner (RIP Tonk)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

24 fighters scrambled? It must have been in their airspace for a long time. I’m not sure we could scramble 24 fighters in less than an hour. Actually we probably could now, but before 9-11, it would have been a stretch.


15 posted on 02/09/2008 7:51:54 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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Damn Vladimir, come left a few degrees and pass the Vodka!


16 posted on 02/09/2008 7:56:31 AM PST by MrPiper
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To: TigerLikesRooster
The Izu Islands


No wonder the Japanese are upset. That's well within cruise missile range of Tokyo.
17 posted on 02/09/2008 8:13:04 AM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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Whoa!....thats' mighty almost an attack....just south of Tokyo
18 posted on 02/09/2008 9:05:46 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you...our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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Time for Japan to fully amend it's Constitution and fully rebuild it's military.

GO JAPAN!!!

19 posted on 02/09/2008 3:49:02 PM PST by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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