Chinese drones and warships have been operating near Japan in recent weeks, worrying Japanese defense officials.
were operating near Japan this week, prompting Japanese defense officials to dispatch aircraft and naval ships to monitor the situation, according to media reports.
The unmanned aerial vehicles have been transiting the Miyako Strait from the East China Sea into the Pacific and returning the same way, USNI News reported. The Miyako Strait is a waterway betweenMeanwhile, Chinese warships were also seen in the East China Sea after two weeks near the Philippines. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group was likely heading home after a brief patrol, according to the news outlet. Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on their way to the Pacific in this handout photo taken by Japan Self-Defense Forces in 2021. China has been operating near Japan in recent weeks, worrying Japanese defense officials.
On Monday, Japan said it scrambled fighter jets and dispatched aircraft and warships over the past two weeks to keep tabs on China's Liaoning aircraft carrier, Reuters reported. Japan monitored the operations after the Chinese naval group, which included missile destroyers, sailed between the main Okinawa island and Miyakojima island into the Western Pacific from the East China Sea on Dec. 16, Japan's Ministry of Defence said in a press release.
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