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Thursday, October 10, 2013

ASDF scrambles jets 193 times in July-September

Y-8The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighters against foreign aircraft approaching Japanese airspace 193 times from July to September, the highest number for this period since 1999, the Defense Ministry said Oct. 9.

According to the ministry, 105 of the scrambles were for Russian aircraft, more than triple the 31 in the April-June period.

For Chinese military aircraft, ASDF fighters were scrambled 80 times, an increase of 11 from the April-June period.

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