The territorial violation by China is the latest in a series of events amplifying tensions between Beijing and Japan.

A Chinese military surveillance plane breached Japanese airspace off the country’s southwestern coast on Monday, marking what Japan’s defense ministry described as the first known incursion by China’s military into its territorial airspace.

According to a ministry official, a Chinese reconnaissance aircraft briefly entered Japanese territory near Nagasaki Prefecture around 11:30 a.m. on Monday. In response, Japan’s Self-Defense Force put fighter jets on high alert and issued a warning to the Chinese aircraft.

While Chinese planes frequently appear in international airspace around Japan, this incident represents the first confirmed entry of a military aircraft into Japan’s territorial airspace.

    • @[email protected]
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      323 days ago

      "In a half mile, turn right…

      At the MC Escher painting, take the next upside down left down the stairs."

    • @ayyy
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      223 days ago

      GPS jamming and spoofing is like, a whole thing and isn’t even new tech at this point. Military grade nav doesn’t rely on GPS.

    • @vaultdweller013
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      123 days ago

      Ive seen a gps go nuts for no reason and decide that I am infact on the otherside of the county, and I live in a rather big county largest in the US actually.