On the 25th, unmanned aircraft of the Chinese army passed over between the main island of Okinawa and Miyakojima, and the SDF aircraft scrambled and made an emergency start.
On the 24th, joint training by a carrier strike group centered on the latest British aircraft carrier and the Self-Defense Forces is being conducted in the surrounding sea area, and the Ministry of Defense is analyzing the purpose of the flight.
According to the Ministry of Defense, from the morning to the afternoon of the 25th, a total of three aircraft, including the Chinese military reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle "BZK005" and a manned information gathering aircraft, passed over between the main island of Okinawa and Miyakojima one after another. It was confirmed that it flew to the Pacific Ocean.
The unmanned aerial vehicle made a U-turn over the sea south of Okinawa and returned to the East China Sea, and the two aircraft, including the information gathering aircraft, stayed over the Pacific Ocean for a while and then returned to the East China Sea.
The Air Self-Defense Force's fighter jets scrambled and made an emergency start, and none of them invaded the territory.
Chinese drones have been confirmed in the East China Sea, but this is the first time the Ministry of Defense has announced that they have confirmed that they have passed between the main island of Okinawa and Miyakojima and have flown to the Pacific Ocean.
On the 24th, on the sea south of Okinawa, a carrier strike group centered on the British state-of-the-art aircraft carrier "Queen Elizabeth" and the Self-Defense Forces of the land, sea and air are conducting joint training, and according to the Ministry of Defense officials, the ships that participated in the training Means that he was navigating this area for 25 days.
It is possible that the Chinese military was collecting information, and the Ministry of Defense is analyzing the purpose of the flight.