Japan Lodges Protest After Chinese Radar Targeting Incident

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Japan has protested to China after a Chinese jet near Japanese airspace locked its missile-guidance radar onto Japanese fighter planes. The incident comes just days after Tokyo announced plans to deploy anti-aircraft jamming units to Yonaguni — its closest island to Taiwan.

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00:00Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing continue to simmer after Chinese military jets reportedly

00:05locked onto Japanese fighters near Okinawa. Japan's Defense Ministry said Chinese carrier

00:12jets targeted Japanese aircraft with fire control radar in two separate incidents on Saturday.

00:18This type of radar is used to guide missiles to their targets. The incidents come shortly

00:23after Japan announced plans to deploy an anti-aircraft electronic warfare unit

00:28to Yonaguni Island, about 110 kilometers from Taiwan. Tensions between the two countries have

00:35been high since Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sinae said her military could respond if China

00:41attacked Taiwan.

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