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Russian Bomber Violates Japan Airspace

February 9, 2008

Japan has accused Russia of violating its air space and demanded an explanation.

The Russian warplane, a Tupolev strategic bomber, flew over a Japanese island about 650 kilometres south of Tokyo just before dawn.

Japan’s air self-defence forces were alerted and 22 fighter jets were scrambled to deal with the incursion.

The bomber left Japanese air space after just three minutes.

The last time a Russian military aircraft prompted an alert like this was in January 2006. On that occasion, a transport aircraft was spotted in Japanese air space off the northern island of Hokkaido.

After this latest incursion, Japanese officials lodged a protest with the Russian embassy in Tokyo.

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