South Korea scrambles jets as China and Russia fly warplanes into its air defense zone
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South Korea says 2 Chinese and 4 Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone for just less than 20 minutes, but "there was no invasion of airspace."
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South Korea says 2 Chinese and 4 Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone for just less than 20 minutes, but "there was no invasion of airspace."
The respective militaries for South Korea and Japan scramble jets after China, Russia warplanes were spotted entering Seoul's defense zone over the South China Sea.
South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft flew into its air defense identification zone, Seoul's military said.
South Korea scrambled fighter jets after two warplanes from China and four from Russia briefly entered an air identification zone maintained by Seoul, raising tensions on the highly militarized peninsula.
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