On the eighth, it was confirmed {that a} Chinese navy intelligence-gathering aircraft was flying over the Pacific Ocean south of Okinawa Prefecture. The Ministry of Defense is continuing with evaluation, together with the potential of an improved model, as it’s completely different from the knowledge gathering plane which were confirmed to date as a result of form of the plane.
According to the Ministry of Defense, on the morning of the eighth, one Y9 intelligence gathering plane of the Chinese navy was confirmed to be flying northeast from the path of the Bashi Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines.
It is alleged that the information-gathering plane returned to the path of the Bashi Strait after circling over the Pacific Ocean south of the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
Air Self-Defense Force fighters scrambled = emergency departure and carried out warning and surveillance, and there was no airspace violation.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Y9 info gathering plane confirmed this time is completely different from the identical sort of plane that has been confirmed to date due to its form, and so on., and it’s the first confirmed plane.
According to Ministry of Defense officers, the decrease a part of the fuselage and the higher a part of the vertical tail have bulges which are completely different from standard plane.
The Ministry of Defense has analyzed the potential of it being an improved model of the Y9 intelligence gathering machine, and continues to observe and monitor it.