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Russian Aircraft Violate Air Defense Zone Multiple Times

October 22 2019

South Korea

South Korea scrambled fighter jets to intercept Russian military aircraft that entered its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul). 

On Tuesday, an A-50 early warning aircraft, three Su-27 fighter jets and two Tu-95 bombers violated South Korean airspace four times, spending about four hours within the ADIZ, said the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Russian aircraft flew over the Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea and approached the city of...

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