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China Defends Radar Activation as Standard Safety Protocol
(MENAFN) Beijing has defended its military aircraft's recent radar activation as standard safety protocol, dismissing Japan's objections following a tense airspace encounter that has escalated diplomatic friction between the two nations.
During a Tuesday press briefing in the capital, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun characterized the radar engagement as routine procedure, according to a state-media outlet.
"It is a common practice for carrier-borne aircraft to turn on search radars during flying training, which is a normal move to ensure flight safety," Guo stated.
His remarks followed Japan's Defense Ministry announcement on Saturday that Chinese J-15 fighters launched from the aircraft carrier Liaoning had activated targeting radar against two Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) F-15 jets. The confrontation occurred in international waters located southeast of Okinawa's primary island.
China has "clarified its solemn position on this issue, and the facts are very clear," Guo said.
He then shifted responsibility onto Tokyo, questioning the presence of Japanese military assets in the contested region.
"Instead, I suggest that the journalists ask the Japanese side why the fighter jets of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) were appearing in the relevant area to create this dangerous incident that should not have occurred. Were they deliberately disrupting the Chinese side's normal exercises and training and stirring up tensions?" Guo asked.
The aerial incident unfolds against deteriorating relations between Beijing and Tokyo, triggered by November 7 statements from Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. She indicated that military aggression by China against Taiwan could legally qualify as a "survival-threatening situation," potentially allowing Japan to "exercise the right of collective self-defense."
Beijing responded forcefully to those declarations, issuing travel advisories discouraging citizens from visiting Japan, halting seafood imports from the island nation, and canceling a planned trilateral cultural ministerial conference with Japan and South Korea.
During a Tuesday press briefing in the capital, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun characterized the radar engagement as routine procedure, according to a state-media outlet.
"It is a common practice for carrier-borne aircraft to turn on search radars during flying training, which is a normal move to ensure flight safety," Guo stated.
His remarks followed Japan's Defense Ministry announcement on Saturday that Chinese J-15 fighters launched from the aircraft carrier Liaoning had activated targeting radar against two Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) F-15 jets. The confrontation occurred in international waters located southeast of Okinawa's primary island.
China has "clarified its solemn position on this issue, and the facts are very clear," Guo said.
He then shifted responsibility onto Tokyo, questioning the presence of Japanese military assets in the contested region.
"Instead, I suggest that the journalists ask the Japanese side why the fighter jets of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) were appearing in the relevant area to create this dangerous incident that should not have occurred. Were they deliberately disrupting the Chinese side's normal exercises and training and stirring up tensions?" Guo asked.
The aerial incident unfolds against deteriorating relations between Beijing and Tokyo, triggered by November 7 statements from Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. She indicated that military aggression by China against Taiwan could legally qualify as a "survival-threatening situation," potentially allowing Japan to "exercise the right of collective self-defense."
Beijing responded forcefully to those declarations, issuing travel advisories discouraging citizens from visiting Japan, halting seafood imports from the island nation, and canceling a planned trilateral cultural ministerial conference with Japan and South Korea.
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