The US military flew two aircraft over islands in the East China Sea under dispute between Japan and China, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Crosson, a Pentagon spokesman, said the planes were not armed and had an "uneventful flight" during the long-planned missions, which occurred early Tuesday.
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Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Crosson, a Pentagon spokesman, said the planes were not armed and had an "uneventful flight" during the long-planned missions, which occurred early Tuesday.
Crosson
said the flights over the Senkaku Islands were unrelated to the dispute
between Japan and China. China on Saturday declared an air defence zone
in the East China Sea, the latest in a series of incidents in its
escalating dispute with Japan over the islands.
"Last
night (Washington time) two military aircraft on a longstanding planned
training mission flew into the vicinity of the Senkaku islands," Crosson
told dpa. "It was a routine, planned training mission."
He said the mission had been planned "well before" China established the new air defence zone.
Crosson did not identify the aircraft or confirm reports that they were B-52 bombers.
He said he was not aware of any protests from China.
- US flies B-52 aircraft over disputed islands without informing China - Pentagon
Two
US military aircraft have flown around disputed islands in the East
China Sea without informing China, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday,
defying China's declaration that the region falls into a new airspace
defense zone.
The
unarmed aircraft took off from Guam on Monday and the flight was
previously scheduled as part of a routine exercise in the area, the
defense officials said.
"Last
night we conducted a training exercise that was long-planned. It
involved two aircraft flying from Guam and returning to Guam," Pentagon
spokesman Colonel Steven Warren told reporters.
No
flight plan was submitted beforehand to the Chinese and the mission
went ahead "without incident," with the two aircraft spending "less than
an hour" in the unilaterally-declared Air Defence Identification Zone
(ADIZ), Warren said.
- A US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP the two planes were B-52 bombers.
China
announced the expanded air defense zone amid a growing territorial
dispute with Japan over an island chain in the East China Sea.
The
area also includes waters claimed by Taiwan and South Korea, which also
have both expressed their displeasure at Beijing's move.
Under
the rules declared by China, aircraft are expected to provide a flight
plan, clearly mark their nationality and maintain two-way radio
communication to allow them to respond to identification inquiries from
Chinese authorities.
Japan, the United States and several other governments have criticized China's announced air defense zone.
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ReplyDeleteGli Stati Uniti hanno apertamente sfidato la rivendicazione di sovranita' nazionale avanzata dalla Cina sulle isole contese con il Giappone nel Mari Cinese Orientale. Un aereo militare americano ha sorvolato l'arcipelago delle, Senkaku per Tokyo, Dyaou per Pechino, senca informare preventivamente le autorita' cinesi. Nei gionri scorsi unilateralmente Pechino aveva dichiarato di sua pertinenza lo spazio aereo sulle isole, di proprieta' del Giappone, avvertendo tutte le compagnie aeree ad informare prima del sorvolo Pechino.
Due grandi bombardieri strategici B-52 privi di armi hanno sorvolato l'arcipelago. "Abbiamo condotto operazioni previste da tempo nell'area delle Senkaku - ha dichiarato il colonnello Steve Warren del Pentagono che ha usato il nome giapponese delle isole mentre fino all'apertura delle crisi anche gli usa diplomaticamente impiegavano un termine generico - e abbiamo continuato ad usare le nostre normali procedure che includono il non fornire piani di volo e non avvertire per radio", del sorvolo. Al momento, ha aggiunto Warren, non c'e' stata alcuna reazione da parte di Pechino.
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