South Korea scrambles planes to respond to Russian and Chinese aircraft

South Korea scrambles planes to respond to Russian and Chinese aircraft
A Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber (Russian Defence Ministry/AP)

South Korea said it scrambled fighter jets to respond to a group of Russian and Chinese warplanes that entered its air buffer zone unannounced.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected seven Russian and two Chinese military aircraft in the country’s air defence identification zone off its eastern coast.

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