Seoul: Chinese, Russian military planes entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) above waters east and south of the country on Tuesday, South Korea's military reported, according to Yonhap News Agency.
According to Kuwait News Agency, nine aircraft, including two Chinese military planes and seven Russian aircraft, successively breached the KADIZ at approximately 10:00 a.m. (0100 GMT). This incursion prompted the South Korean military to deploy Air Force fighter jets as a precaution against any potential accidental incidents, as reported by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The JCS confirmed that the aircraft did not violate South Korea's airspace. They managed to detect the aircraft before they entered the air defense zone, which is not considered territorial airspace but is established to require foreign planes to identify themselves to prevent accidental clashes.
The aircraft, which included bombers and fighter jets, intermittently entered and exited the KADIZ over the course of about an hour before fully withdrawing from the area, according to a JCS official. A similar incident occurred in November of the previous year, involving 11 military planes from China and Russia entering the KADIZ together.