U.S. media: China’s Diaoyu Islands J-10 patrol aircraft had expelled three of Japan
Data Figure: China Air Force F-10 fighter three-plane formation
Data Figure: Japan F-2 fighter
U.S. Global Strategic Network 15 reported that, according to Japanese sources, in the past 18 months, the Chinese warships third in the waters south of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. This time, two Chinese submarine surfaced in the area after the sail. This is the Diaoyu Islands (China, Taiwan and Japan have claimed sovereignty over the island) near the sea was unprecedented.
Reported that the Diaoyu Islands formed by the eight uninhabited islands, only the fishermen will occasionally use past the island. 220 km away from Taiwan, the Diaoyu Islands, 360 kilometers from the Chinese mainland, 360 kilometers from Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture. The sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands in the declaration in 1895, Japan released the first official statement of the most hard-line. However, after World War II, the United States took over the Diaoyu Islands, and some islands in the bombing exercises. However, Japan has continued to claim ownership of the Diaoyu Islands, and perhaps attracted by the island’s oil seam, China and Taiwan is also in the 20th century 70′s declaration of sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands.
Reported that if a military confrontation with China, Japan deployed about 180 in the Diaoyu Islands, just east of Miyako Island kilometers of new radar equipment, can more easily control the Diaoyu Islands, Japan. In fact, China and Japan has been the existence of such a confrontation. In 2009, two Chinese J-10A fighter aircraft near the Diaoyu Islands expelled three Japanese F-2 fighter. Two years ago, China’s coast guard fleet and Chinese J-10A fighter jets along the Diaoyu Islands on the cruise started.
In addition, 5 years ago, despite their also being conducted on Okinawa, China and Japan disputed waters between the attribution of ownership discussions but located in the waters of a Chinese oil drilling platforms have already started production of natural gas. Declaration of sovereignty in the Japanese waters, spent two years in China, where construction of this rig. Moreover, China and later built a second drilling platform and two drilling platforms for underwater oil pipeline. Beijing government periodic dispatch fleet cruising in the waters, to emphasize that this is under the control of territorial waters.
It is noteworthy that Japan had any possible defeat in a naval battle in Japan and China, but China is now Japan has no nuclear weapons (at least not yet have nuclear weapons), so when naval warfare broke out between the two countries, it may will produce a more negative impact on Japan. Moreover, Japan had also raised this point of view, which the officers concerned that this might cause Japan to build nuclear weapons secretly or openly. This may be inevitable – perhaps soon in Japan to build nuclear weapons.