Japan and South Korea scramble fighters in response to Chinese-Russian bomber patrol

Japan and South Korea scrambled fighter jets in response to a joint Russian-Chinese bomber patrol on Saturday.
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force said the patrols passed over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the western Pacific, adding that they showed the two countries’ resolve and ability to safeguard regional peace and stability.
It was the 11th patrol of this kind since 2019, but the first this year.
Japan’s defence ministry said it had tracked two separate flights involving...