China has used spy balloons to attack more than 40 countries on five continents, according to the US government. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has now reported that at least three flying objects have been sighted in Japanese airspace since 2019. Tokyo is therefore considering relaxing the rules on the use of weapons to defend against spy balloons.
Footage from Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV (see video above) shows a balloon with propellers flying over Miyagi Prefecture in 2020. Japan’s defense ministry said on Tuesday it had “strong suspicions” that Chinese surveillance balloons had hit Japan at least three times since 2019. entered territory.
According to reports from Japan, the balloon flew over the western island of Kyushu in the south of the country in January 2022. It would come from the direction of the East China Sea. The balloon is said to be the same shape as the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina by the US military on February 4.
Tokyo wants to relax the rules on the use of weapons
After the sighting of suspected spy balloons from China, Japan now wants to take more decisive action against violations of its airspace. The Tokyo government is considering relaxing rules on the use of defensive weapons, Kyodo news agency reported Wednesday.
Japan has informed China that violations of its airspace by unmanned surveillance balloons are absolutely unacceptable, a government spokesman said in Tokyo on Tuesday. Attention to the balloons has increased since the US shot down a Chinese balloon in early February.
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