Tokyo [Japan], June 11 (ANI): Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) on Thursday intercepted PLA’s Y-9DZ electronic-warfare plane over the Pacific Ocean, The EurAsian Times reported. The map given by Japan’s Ministry of Defence hinted that the surveillance plane was detected roughly 225 kilometres south of the Yaeyama Islands within the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
The Y-9DZ is China’s newly developed digital warfare model of the Y-9 plane, the report mentioned. After detecting the plane, Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force deployed fighter jets to visually establish and escort the Chinese navy plane into worldwide airspace, Ashish Dangwal mentioned within the EurAsian Times reported.
The assertion mentioned, “On the morning of June 8, 2023 (Thursday), a Chinese Y-9 electronic intelligence aircraft was spotted flying over the Pacific Ocean.” The assertion didn’t give particulars relating to the precise fighter jet dispatched by the Japanese Ministry of Defense to intercept the Chinese navy plane.
The Chinese airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance plane was seen at a time when the US and Japan are strengthening their cooperation within the face of the rising Chinese navy aggression within the area, as per the news report.
The area is witnessing a rise within the presence of spy plane deployed by each side, probably hinting at an increase in close-in intelligence-gathering actions with a aim to gather, categorise and consider numerous electromagnetic alerts, as per The EurAsian Times report.
Apart from navy plane, a Chinese navy survey ship additionally made an incursion into Japan’s territorial waters close to islands in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 8, the report mentioned. In the previous few years, Chinese ships have recurrently entered Japan’s territorial waters or navigated by close by areas.
China has additionally claimed these uninhabited islets that are below Japan’s management and known as Diaoyu. The disputed islets proceed to stay a reason for rigidity between Japan and China. in line with EurAsian Times report.
While addressing a press convention, Tokyo’s prime spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno mentioned that Japan has formally filed a protest in opposition to China over the incursion of Chinese naval and coast guard vessels into Japan’s territorial waters close to the southwest archipelago.(ANI)