러시아, 중국 폭격기가 동해에서 합동비행훈련 실시

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6월 6일 H-6 2기가 제주도 남방에서 대마도 동쪽으로 동해로 진입해 Tu-95 2기와 랑데부해 다시 동중국해로 돌아갔네요. 전투기 2기는 대마도 이 폭격기 편대와 합류했습니다. 한국의 발표에 의하면 중국 공군기 4대, 러시아 공군기 4대가 한국군 방공식별구역을 침범했다고 하는데, 일본 방위성 발표자료는 6기의 궤적만 공개됐습니다. 연합뉴스 기사에는 동해 독도 - 오키노시마 중간에서 북방으로 분리돼 이탈한 궤적이 있는데 방위성 발표자료엔 빠졌습니다. 

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/06/russian-chinese-bombers-fly-joint-mission-near-japan-korea-as-russian-fleet-holds-major-drills-in-the-pacific

Russian, Chinese Bombers Fly Joint Mission Near Japan, Korea as Russian Fleet Holds Major Drills in the Pacific - USNI News

Russian, Chinese Bombers Fly Joint Mission Near Japan, Korea as Russian Fleet Holds Major Drills in the Pacific

By: Dzirhan Mahadzir

June 6, 2023 5:09 PM

A Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear off Japan. Japanese MoD Photo

Russian and Chinese bombers flew a joint mission over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea on Tuesday – marking their first joint bomber flight since November – during a summit between the U.S., India, Japan and Australia.

Meanwhile, the Russian Pacific Fleet sortied from Vladivostok on Monday for a series of exercises that will continue through June 20. At the same time U.S., Russian and Chinese warships are involved in a joint multilateral exercise in the Makassar Strait under the aegis of the Indonesian Navy.

On Tuesday, two Chinese H-6 bombers entered the Sea of Japan from the East China Sea and rendezvoused with two Russian Tu-95 bombers, according to a statement from Japan’s Joint Staff Office of the Ministry of Defense. The joint bomber formation flew to the East China Sea, where two more Chinese fighters joined the joint flight over the East China Sea. In response, fighters from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Western Air District scrambled to intercept.

South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff sent out a message to the media saying that four Chinese and four Russian military aircraft entered the Korean Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ). The Chinese and Russian aircraft entered the southern and eastern parts of the KADIZ, respectively, and exited it between 11:52 a.m. and 1:49 p.m. local time, with no violations of Korean airspace. South Korea also scrambled fighters in response to the aircraft.

China’s Ministry of National Defense issued a brief news release on the flight, stating: “According to the annual cooperation plan between the Chinese and Russian militaries, on June 6, the two sides organized and implemented the sixth joint air strategic patrol in the relevant airspace of the Sea of ​​Japan and the East China Sea.” Russia has yet to issue a release.

Path of Russian, Chinese joint bomber flights. Japanese MoD Image

Meanwhile, the Russian Pacific Fleet departed on Monday for exercises in the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk, Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced.

“In accordance with the training plan for the military management bodies of the Pacific Fleet for 2023, operational exercises of various naval forces in the far sea zone are being conducted from 5 to 20 June in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk under the command of the Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Viktor Liina,” reads the statement.

The exercise pairs ship tactical groups with Russian naval aviation to search for and track mock enemy submarines, work out the organization of ship detachments’ air defense, as well as the organization of logistics at sea. More than 60 warships and supply vessels, approximately 35 aircraft of the Russian Naval Aviation, Coastal Troops and more than 11,000 military personnel are involved in the exercises, the Russians said.

In Indonesia, the U.S., Russia and China are among 36 countries participating in the Indonesian Navy’s Multinational Naval Exercise Komodo held in Makassar, Sulawesi. The drills began on Monday and end Thursday.

Komodo is a non-warfare exercise focused on regional cooperation and Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations. The U.S. is among the navies that have sent ships for the exercise, participating with Littoral Combat Ship USS Manchester (LCS-14), which quietly entered the region. The first public acknowledgement of the ship operating in the Western Pacific was when it made a port call to Bali on May 31.

Russia is participating with a surface action group that includes corvettes RFS Sovershennyy (333) and RFS Gromkiy (335) and fleet oiler Pechenga. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) contingent includes destroyer CNS Zhanjiang (165) and frigate CNS Xuchang (536). Other foreign ships in the exercise are Indian Navy frigate INS Satpura (F48); Italian Navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ITS Francesco Morosini (P431); Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Tippu Sultan (F263); Philippine Navy OPV BRP Andrés Bonifacio (PS-17); Republic of Singapore Navy frigate RSS Steadfast (70) and littoral mission vessel RSS Sovereignty (16); Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH156); Royal Malaysian Navy OPVs KD Kedah (171) and KD Kelantan (175); Royal Thai Navy frigate HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej (FFG-471) and Vietnam People’s Navy corvette HQ-20. Host nation Indonesia is deploying 13 ships for the exercise.

PLAN Ships

From Saturday to Monday in the East China Sea, destroyer JS Shiranui (DD-120), part of the first surface unit of the JMSDF’s Indo-Pacific Deployment 2023 (IPD23), and a P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft conducted the Japan-U.S.-Australia-Canada multilateral exercise “Noble Wolf” with Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Anzac (FFH150), Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH336) and replenishment ship MV Asterix, and U.S. Navy destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force said in a Tuesday news release.

The exercise included tactical drills and is a part of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led Large-Scale Global Exercise 2023 (LSGE23), according to the JMSDF. Chung-Hoon and Montreal transited the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, with Chung-Hoon involved in a near-collision incident with PLAN destroyer CNS Suzhou (132).

https://m.yna.co.kr/view/GYH20230606000900044

[그래픽] 중·러 군용기 KADIZ 진입 후 이탈(종합) | 연합뉴스

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[그래픽] 중·러 군용기 KADIZ 진입 후 이탈(종합)

2023-06-06 17:55

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(서울=연합뉴스) 김민지 기자 = 합동참모본부는 6일 "오전 11시 52분부터 오후 1시 49분까지 중국 군용기 4대와 러시아 군용기 4대가 남해 및 동해 한국방공식별구역(KADIZ)에 순차적으로 진입 후 이탈했으며, 영공 침범은 없었다"고 밝혔다.

폭격기가 포함된 중·러 군용기 8대는 지난해와 거의 유사한 경로로 KADIZ에 진입했다 이탈한 것으로 전해졌다.

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한국 또는 일본과 전쟁 상황일 때 저 폭격기들이 저런 경로로 와서 살아남을 수 있을 것 같지는 않은데, 전쟁 터지기 직전에 와서 공대지 미사일 쏘는 경로로는 과연 가능성이 있을지 모르겠습니다. 아니면 순전히 정치적인 목적을 위한 것일 수도...

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