Defense Ministry Releases Video Of Radar Incident

January 04 2019

South Korea

The South Korean Defense Ministry has released a video clip that it says refutes the Japanese account of a recent encounter between a Korean warship and Japanese patrol aircraft, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul). 

On Dec. 20, the Japanese P-1 patrol aircraft made several passes by the Korean Kwanggaeto-Daewang destroyer. Japan claims the Korean ship locked its STIR-180 fire-control radar on the aircraft during its last pass and released a video of the encounter on Dec. 28 to...

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