China sends warplanes to newly declared air zone

[CFLDem]

Source: BBC

China has sent warplanes to its newly declared air defence zone in the East China Sea, state media reports.

The vast zone, announced last week, covers territory claimed by China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

China has said all planes transiting the zone must file flight plans and identify themselves, or face "defensive emergency measures".

But Japan, South Korea and the US have all since flown military aircraft through the area.

Read more: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25144465

[CFLDem]

1. Hopefully this doesn't lead to any incidents n/t

[LongTomH]

2. Oh, what could go wrong?

[TwilightGardener]

3. That corridor is going to be pretty busy, then.

They almost have to have an air presence there now, to save face, but they need to leave plenty of room for other countries to transit and not pull any "escort" stunts. No one recognizes their bullshit ADIZ, and that needs to be reinforced.

[Ghost Dog]

6. If China's ADIZ is bullshit, what about Japan's?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25144465 [/center]

... Or, for that matter, these:

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[Posteritatis]

7. What, you mean the recognized ones, largely contiguous with their territorial waters? (nt)

[FreakinDJ]

4. Thank God Free Trade funded their Military so well

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. Apparently we need to work out

an odd/even day airspace treaty.