This month, it was confirmed that the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier, which went south from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako Island, moved northward in the same area and returned to the East China Sea.
After passing through the sea area, an early warning helicopter flew from the aircraft carrier and approached the sky above the Senkaku Islands, so the Ministry of Defense is analyzing the purpose and continuing to be on alert and monitoring.
According to the Ministry of Defense, from the 26th to the 27th, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier Liaoning, along with five other ships, moved northward in the waters between the main island of Okinawa and Miyakojima, and the Maritime Self-Defense Force's ships and others went out to the East China Sea. confirmed.
It has been confirmed that the six vessels went south in the same area to the Pacific Ocean earlier this month.
This is the second time that a Chinese aircraft carrier has been confirmed to make a round trip in this area.
Also, on the morning of the 27th after passing through the sea area, an early warning helicopter flew from the aircraft carrier and approached from the airspace of Taisho Island in the Senkaku Islands to a distance of about 50 to 100 km northeast, so the Air Self-Defense Force fighter scrambled = It means that it started urgently.
There were no violations of the territorial air by this helicopter, and no invasion of six ships into the territorial waters.
Earlier this month, after it was confirmed that six ships had arrived in the Pacific Ocean, the Chinese Navy announced that a unit of the aircraft carrier Liaoning had conducted training in the waters surrounding Taiwan.
The Ministry of Defense analyzes the purpose of the series of activities and continues to be vigilant and scrutinized.