[Red] Chinese military aircraft more aggressive since September, Japan claims

The Telegraph ^ | 12/30/2010 | Julian Ryall in Tokyo

[bruinbirdman]

Chinese military aircraft have become more aggressive in confrontations with Japanese aircraft operating over the East China Sea, since a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese Coast Guard vessel in September.

Red Chinese aircraft are not turning home as soon as they realise they have been detected but are
continuing on their course

Defence officials in Tokyo told the Asahi newspaper that in addition to the harassment of Japanese aircraft, China has stepped up its probing of air defences in the region and the monitoring of military exercises involving units from the United States and Japan.

In the last nine months, Japanese fighters have been scrambled to intercept Chinese intruders on 44 occasions, the highest figure in the last five years and more than double the number for the whole of fiscal 2006, the defence ministry officials said.

In another deviation from their previous behaviour, the Chinese aircraft are not turning home as soon as they realise they have been detected but are continuing on their courses until they make visual contact with Japanese interceptors.

Chinese reconnaissance aircraft are also increasingly entering Japan's Air Defence Identification Zone. Although this is not a breach of territorial airspace, it does inevitably lead to interceptors being scrambled.

The ministry officials said that prior to the incident off the Senkaku Islands – which Japan controls but both Taiwan and China claim as their sovereign territory – Chinese fighters and reconnaissance aircraft had avoided entering Japan's ADIZ.

In October, a Chinese Navy JH-7 fighter-bomber reportedly breached the ADIZ and came close enough to a Japanese fighter to make a visual identification. . . .

[Husker24]

If I was China, and wanted to take Taiwan, there would be no better time than now. We have a president that would do nothing about it, our military is engaged in two wars anyway, and we are broke. And if they did do it, we couldn't even slap sanctions on them because they OWN us.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Their submarine activity is becoming VERY provocative in the area of Okinawa. You can take that to the bank from very good sources.

Red China is up to no good on all major and minor East Asian military, diplomatic and intelligence fronts, against Japan and against the United States for that matter. They are completely emoboldened, in large part, by feckless and weak-kneed Barack Insane Obama.

Indeed the pussification of the White House in the last two years has greatly emboldened the Reds.

[Always Independent]

Wonder whether USAF has sent up any F-22s to shadow the chins?

[mewykwistmas]

China can't afford a mishap or bad publicity. Imagine what would happen if China was embarrassed by Taiwan's military? And while China might be able to win, I doubt China wants this

[central_va]

Don’t worry we have Free Trade™ with the ChiComs, they our are friends now. Somebody better tell the Japanese that. /sarc

[central_va]

The best outcome of a potential war with China over the DPRK or Taiwan would be the immediate trade embargo. Imagine you are the head of a major corp that has moved ALL of your means of production the China and this happens! Ha LOL!