Japan protestiert, nachdem ein chinesisches Militärflugzeug sein Radar auf japanische Jets gerichtet hat

News snippet: TOKYO (AP) — Japan said early Sunday that it has protested to China after a military jet that took off from the Chinese carrier Liaoning locked its radar on Japanese fighter jets near the southern island of Okinawa, the latest spat between the two countries whose ties have plunged recently over the Japanese leader’s Taiwan remarks.

Japan’s Defense Ministry said China’s military aircraft J-15 “intermittently” targeted its radar at Japanese F-15 fighter jets on two occasions Saturday — for about three minutes in the late afternoon and for about 30 minutes in the evening.

The radar lock by the Chinese aircraft was detected by different Japanese fighters that had scrambled against a possible airspace violation by China, according to the ministry. There was no breach of Japanese airspace, and no injury or damage was reported from the incident.

It seems like China is the worst behaved country when it comes to stuff like this. Perhaps Russia should still come in first with the amount of people it has managed to kill in passenger jet shoot downs.

Don’t complain just do the same its like the staring contest on who blinks first…..

Reminds me of the [2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Japan%e2%80%93South_Korea_radar_lock-on_dispute).

Japan claimed it was an illegal provocation by South Korea. South Korea claimed that it was a response to the Japanese aircraft flying dangerously close to the ship in low altitude. This eventually led to the 2019-2023 trade war between the two countries.

Interesting to see a similar pattern here. Either Japanese aircrafts are easy targets, or Japan is just playing victim again, depending on which narrative you believe.