Foreign submarine Navigating the connected waters around Amami Oshima Chinese Navy

Foreign submarine sailing in the connected waters around Amami Oshima The Chinese Navy or 14:01 on June 20

From the 18th to the 20th, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force confirmed that a foreign submarine sailed in a connected water area just outside the territorial waters of Japan without surfacing around Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture. According to the Ministry of Defense officials, the information gathered suggests that it is a submarine of the Chinese Navy, so the Ministry of Defense will analyze the purpose of navigation.

According to the Ministry of Defense, on the afternoon of the 18th, the JMSDF escort ship and patrol aircraft confirmed that one foreign submarine was sailing to the west without surfacing in the connecting waters northeast of Amami Oshima, and followed up. I hit.

It was confirmed that the submarine had exited the connection area by the morning of the 20th and was sailing westward in the East China Sea. It means that there was no intrusion into the territorial waters.

According to officials from the Ministry of Defense, the information gathered suggests that it is a submarine of the Chinese Navy.

It was the first time in two years since a Chinese nuclear submarine sailed off the coast of Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture or the Senkaku Islands in January 2018 when it was confirmed that a foreign submarine sailed in the connected water area without surfacing.

When a submarine sails offshore of another country, international law requires that the flag be raised and raised in the territorial waters, but there is no such provision in the connected waters.

On the other hand, according to a Ministry of Defense official, this time the submarine is sailing from the Pacific Ocean to the East China Sea, passing through a narrow area between Amami Oshima and the Tokara Islands, and the Ministry of Defense said that it was a peculiar move. I am going to analyze the purpose of navigation.

Kono, Minister of Defense "Complete information gathering and vigilance"

Following the confirmation by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force that a foreign submarine sailed in a connected water area just outside the territorial waters of Japan without surfacing, Minister of Defense Kono gathered information on the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Force with tension. I instructed the vigilance to be careful.

Ototoshi is a nuclear submarine of the Chinese Navy

It was the first time in two years since January 2018 that it was confirmed that a foreign submarine was sailing in Japan's connected waters without surfacing.

In the Ototoshito case, a Chinese Navy nuclear submarine entered the connecting waters off the coast of Miyako Island and the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, and the JMSDF escort ships and patrol aircraft followed.

Also, in 2013, 2014, and 2016, it was confirmed that foreign submarines were sailing in the connected waters without levitating. It is considered to be a submarine.

In addition, in 2004, a Chinese nuclear submarine invaded the territorial waters of Japan in the vicinity of Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, and maritime security actions based on the Self-Defense Forces Act were announced. I tracked it until it came out.