Here is my latest for Jane's Defence Weekly.

Here is my latest for Jane's Defence Weekly.

Japan scrambled fighter aircraft 904 times in FY 2017

Japan's defense ministry pointed to what it referred to as 43 “unusual flights” by Chinese aircraft in FY 2017, including six H-6 bombers that flew close to Japanese territory off the Kii Peninsula in August.

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