Just 10 months after the heroic naval forces of the Republic of Korea suppressed the reckless invasion schemes of the Japanese foe, the republic’s air forces scored on Tuesday what could only be called the most pivotal air victory since the Battle of Britain, repelling no less a threat than a C-560 Cessna belonging to the dastardly Asahi Shimbun:
South Korean Air Force jets were scrambled yesterday to intercept a Japanese civilian plane that was on the verge of intruding into air space above the disputed Tokto islands.
The flight ratcheted up tensions after a string of recent incidents reignited a simmering territorial dispute over the tiny islands, which are claimed by both Japan and Korea.
An official with the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that a C-560 Cessna, belonging to the Asahi Shimbun, a major Japanese daily, asked South Korean authorities at Incheon International Airport for permission to enter the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) in order to take pictures. The request was denied.
But at 9:28 am, South Korean military monitoring the airspace around the peninsula noticed the plane leaving Japan’s Osaka International Airport. A South Korean air patrol of four F-5 jets was then alerted. Air defense forces issued four radio warnings at around 10 a.m. to the Japanese plane.
By this time, the four South Korean interceptors were within 50 kilometers (30 miles) of the Japanese plane. On the ground, two F-4 jets at Daegu Airport were also readied.
However, after the warnings, the plane — that had come within a mile of the KADIZ — turned away and headed back to Japan.
Run away! Run away!
To top off the splendid victory, the F-5s were able to successfully make it back to base without their engines falling out or whatever the hell else tends to happen to piece of shit F-5s.
The Asahi Shimbun responded with noxious lies:
Officials said the Japanese plane had previously sought flight permission for “photo-taking.”
The Japanese paper, Asahi, issued a statement later in the day, saying the flight was made under the Japanese government’s approval and it had no intention of entering South Korean airspace.
The paper also said the flight was aimed at taking pictures of the waters around Dokdo, but that the flight was limited to the open sea.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry, however, would have none of it:
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry lodged a complaint with Japan’s Embassy in Seoul over the incident, demanding measures to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents.
“(We) filed a strong protest with the Japanese embassy as Japan is clearly to blame over this incident,” a ministry official said on condition of anonymity.
“At a sensitive time, this kind of act by the Japanese side does not help at all,” he said.
When do the ground forces get their shot?
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The sad part, I think, is that Asahi Shinmun seems to be the most progressive and the most favorable towards Korea than any other Japanese dailies.
Then again, if Roh’s popularity start to dip, all he has to do is sing, “Dokdoneun Uri Ddang” and he regains support. I wonder how long it will take until Roh announces that the Asian Currency crisis was engineered by the dastardly jews.
You are forgetting Akahata, the daily paper of the Japanese Communist Party. It’s readership is a fraction of the large national dailies such as Asahi(over 12 million) and Yomuri, but it still has a subscription figure of over 2.5 million. To put that in perspective, the circulation for the daily paper of the JCP is equivalent to that of the USA Today and double that of the NYT.
I’m surprised the Citation Jet didn’t do barrel rolls around those decrepit F-5s. I know we talked about F-5s before, but they are truly useless pieces of crap without a true mission.
Anyway, kudos to the glorious ROKAF air warriors showing those running dog lackeys a thing or two about crossing the line of death without a clearance, or commercial need.
Jeez, luckily the Cessna wasn’t piloted by Mathias Rust. Could’ve been all-out war.
I wonder kind of call names they have in the ROKAF.
that would make for an interesting discussion.
I’ll be waiting for the movie to come out!
The Japanese should have just said it was a Korean Wave thing… perhaps they heard Bae Yong-jun stubbed his toe on Dokdo once…
Wow China breaks into South Korea’s embassy and they don’t say a word. But if Japan comes close to their airspace look out.
Its not Corean airspace. But dont worry the right wing Jappos will come knocking next. I cant wait to see if the souks shoot down a plane to protect takeshima
small country, small islets, small minds
yeah, the united states would never react this way if, say, a country that claimed the mariana islands started doing unauthorized flyovers over guam or saipan.
it does seem that japan tacitly acknowledges it as korean airspace (dude, ‘corea’ is a red herring and you’ve swallowed it) if they have asked ahead of time for permission to fly there.
interestingly, the japanese government tries to stop the right-wing japanese from going to tokto. tokyo is not really serious about its claims.
it’s interesting you have no comment on japan’s provacations. anything to get back at the koreans, huh?
Mmm… F-4s: Proof that with enoough thrust even a brick will fly.
noolji maripkan…
who were those comments addressed to?
I am very concerned about SK foreign minister Ban??s recent comment: ??Dokdo is a matter of Korean sovereignty. Therefore, keeping dokdo is prior over keeping SK??s friendship with Japan ??? (sorry, this is my poor translation). Netizens strongly agrees with him. Some netizens asked Yonsama (actor Bae Yong-jun) to make a statement like ?橫Dokdo is Koreans please????? Funny, I guess.
The tiny island seems to ruin everything; I am rooting for pan-Asianism!
i mentioned for min ban’s comments in my own blog earlier today, which i now shamelessly advertise: norapark.blogspot.com/2005/03/tokto-is-our-land-is-not-is-too.html
Well it may be just a tiny island but you gotta protect what’s yours. You see, first it starts out with your neighbor asking for a little needle, then he asks for a hammer, then…., and finally he runs off with you wife