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CFLDem

(2,083 posts) Thu Nov 28, 2013, 02:32 PM Nov 2013

China sends warplanes to newly declared air zone [View all]

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

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China sends warplanes to newly declared air zone [View all] CFLDem Nov 2013 OP

Hopefully this doesn't lead to any incidents n/t CFLDem Nov 2013 #1

Oh, what could go wrong? LongTomH Nov 2013 #2

That corridor is going to be pretty busy, then. TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #3

If China's ADIZ is bullshit, what about Japan's? Ghost Dog Nov 2013 #6

What, you mean the recognized ones, largely contiguous with their territorial waters? (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #7

Thank God Free Trade funded their Military so well FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #4

Apparently we need to work out ThoughtCriminal Nov 2013 #5