Japan fighter jets rose over the Pacific ocean due to the Russian planes
MOSCOW, September 1 — RIA Novosti. The fighters of Air self-defense forces of Japan were accompanied by Russian planes in the skies over the Pacific ocean, according to the website of the Ministry of defense of the country.
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Four fighters took to the air in response to flight of two anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 and one su-24 bomber over the sea of Japan, said the Agency.
1 SEP: 4x JASDF jets scrambled to intercept 2x Tu-142 and 1x Su-24 pic.twitter.com/40e9c7XB0F
— Mil Radar (@MIL_Radar) September 1, 2018.
According to the joint staff of the Air self-defense force of Japan, Tu-142 flew to the island of Hokkaido, and proceeded along its Western coast to the South, making a circle and going around the archipelago. The su-24 bomber flew near the island of Honshu, said the Agency.
Japan is not the first time accompanied by Russian planes. So, in the winter the fighters of Air self-defense forces complied with the convergence of strategic bombers Tu-95MS Russian space forces during an air patrol over the area of Japan and the East China seas. Tactical bomber su-24.