Tokyo. Japan’s air force said on Wednesday jet fighter scrambles had reached a level not seen since the height of the Cold War three decades ago as Russian bombers probe its northern skies and Chinese combat aircraft intrude into its southern air space.
In the year through March 31, Japanese fighters scrambled 944 times, a 16-percent increase on the same period the previous year, the country’s Self Defense Force said.
That is the second highest number of encounters ever recorded over a 12-month period since records began in 1958 and only one less than a record 944 scrambles in 1984.
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Source: The Jakarta Globe
