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South Korea Has Run-In With Russian Jet During Its Patrol With China

The skirmish occurred over disputed islands in the East China Sea during a joint China-Russia air patrol Tuesday morning.
South Korea says a Russian A-50 AWACS command and control aircraft entered its territorial airspace twice, prompting South Korea to fire hundreds of warning shots toward the plane.

South Korea says it fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military aircraft after it entered its territorial airspace. The incursion would be the first between the two countries in recent history.

The encounter took place Tuesday, as Russia and China were conducting a joint air patrol in the Asia Pacific. South Korea says aircraft from both of those countries entered its air defense identification zone over a chain of

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