Overview
- A Chinese state media account published radio audio on December 9 that purportedly shows the Liaoning group twice warning a nearby JMSDF destroyer in Chinese and English before December 6 carrier flight training, with the ship acknowledging receipt.
- Japan's defense minister said there was no recognized NOTAM or navigation warning issued for the training area, underscoring a gap between the two sides' accounts.
- Japan's Defense Ministry says Chinese J-15s intermittently illuminated JASDF F-15s with radar twice on December 6, from roughly 16:32–16:35 and 18:37–19:08, at distances beyond visual range.
- Reporting based on sources estimates the first illumination occurred at about 50 kilometers and the second at over 100 kilometers, with precise positions not disclosed.
- Chinese media assert PLA forces also detected Japanese radar and that a JASDF aircraft approached to under 50 kilometers, while a Foreign Ministry spokesperson described the radar use as normal safety practice during training.