A South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jet takes off from the runway during the “Vigilant Storm” U.S.-South Korea joint aerial drill at Gunsan Air Base, South Korea on Oct. 31, 2022. South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty ImagesSEOUL—South Korea’s military said it had scrambled fighter jets when Chinese and Russian military planes entered and left its air defense zone on Tuesday.Seven Russian planes and two Chinese planes had entered the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) at around 10 a.m. (0100 GMT) then left, and there was no breach of its territorial airspace, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
South Korea Scrambles Fighter Jets as Chinese, Russian Warplanes Enter Air Defence Zone
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