One Military Aircraft Intrudes into KADIZ

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu]A Chinese military aircraft once again violated the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) southeast of Jeju Island.

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the 25th, the military aircraft entered the KADIZ southeast of Jeju Island at 10:06 a.m. and left at 10:23 a.m. It then stayed in the JADIZ before re-entering the KADIZ at 11:40 a.m. and exiting to the overlapping zone around 11:58 a.m. The aircraft is presumed to be a Y-9 reconnaissance plane.

The total flight time of the Chinese military aircraft in the overlapping zone, KADIZ, and JADIZ was about three hours, with a total of 35 minutes spent solely within the KADIZ excluding the overlapping zone. The military reportedly identified the Chinese aircraft before it entered the KADIZ and scrambled fighter jets in response.

The military communicated with the Chinese side via the Korea-China direct communication line before the aircraft entered the KADIZ, and the Chinese side reportedly responded that it was "conducting routine military activities."

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