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S Korea, Japan scramble jets due to China-Russia joint air patrol

South Korean air force's F-15s, as pictured from the cockpit of a US military aircraft in July 2017 [File: Kamaile Casillas/Pacific Air Forces/DVIDS via Reuters]

South Korea’s defence ministry has lodged a “stern” protest with Beijing and Moscow, local media reported, after Chinese and Russian military planes entered the country’s air defence identification zone unannounced during what China’s defence ministry said was a joint patrol exercise.

South Korean fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday in response to the presence of four Chinese and four Russian military aircraft which did not violate the country’s airspace but did enter South Korea’s air defence identification zone (KADIZ).

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