Russian planes entered the air buffer zone of the country without warning.
South Korea announced on Tuesday, August 23, that Russian warplanes entered its air buffer zone without warning and that it responded with “tactical actions,” the Associated Press reported, citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff South Korea said in a statement that it responded with “tactical actions,” meaning it raised fighter jets to prevent accidental collisions along the air defense identification zone. They did not provide further details.
The South Korean military did not confirm Russian media reports that it had raised F-16 fighter jets in response to two Russian Tu-95 bombers accompanied by a Su-30 fighter jet flying over waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
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The incident occurred a day after how South Korea and the United States began the largest joint military exercises in recent years in response to North Korea's nuclear threat.
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Recall that at the end of July North Korean leader Kim Jong Il threatened the United States and South Korea nuclear weapons.
