Overview
- Chinese state media published radio audio it says shows the Liaoning group notifying a nearby JMSDF destroyer twice on December 6 about planned carrier aircraft training.
- Japan’s Defense Ministry says JASDF F-15s scrambled that afternoon off Okinawa and that a Chinese J-15 intermittently illuminated an F-15 with radar twice.
- Reporting based on officials indicates the first radar illumination occurred from roughly 50 kilometers and the second from more than 100 kilometers, beyond visual range.
- Outlets say the incidents occurred around 4:32–4:35 p.m. and 6:37–7:08 p.m., while the ministry has not disclosed precise positional details.
- Shinjiro Koizumi stated Japan is unaware of any prior NOTAM or navigation warning, as China contends its forces also detected a JASDF radar signal and acted with restraint.