The Ministry of Defense announced that it has confirmed about 130 takeoffs and landings of fighter planes and helicopters on a Chinese Navy aircraft carrier sailing in the Pacific Ocean around Okinawa Prefecture.
It is believed to be deployed in the Pacific Ocean away from the Chinese coast for training, and the Ministry of Defense continues to monitor and monitor it.
According to the Ministry of Defense, from the 17th to the 20th of this month, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier "Liaoning" sailed along with missile destroyers and others in the Pacific Ocean about 260 to 450 kilometers off the coast of Oki Daito Island and Kita Daito Island in Okinawa Prefecture. I confirmed the
During this time, it was confirmed that fighter planes and helicopters took off and landed on the aircraft carrier about 130 times.
The Air Self-Defense Force's fighters scrambled = emergency departure, and there was no airspace violation.
"Liaoning" and others passed between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako Island on the 16th of this month and went out from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean. continues.