Two Russian TU-95 bombers flew close to Japan’s self defense force and sent out fighters

[global network reporter Xu Luming] according to the news released by the Ministry of integrated staff and supervision of the Japanese defense ministry on August 19, the Japanese Self Defense Force found as many as eight suspected Russian fighters carrying out flight activities in the sea of Japan that day. After verification, two of them were tu-95ms strategic bombers, and the remaining six were unknown. The Japanese air self defense force sent fighter planes to deal with the emergency. According to the report of the Russian satellite news agency on August 19, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a news release that day: “two tu-95ms strategic bombers carried out routine cruise missions over the sea of Japan and the neutral waters in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. The flight lasted more than 9 hours, and the Japanese Air Self Defense Force fighters accompanied each other at individual stages of the flight route. ” Recently, the activities of Russian military aircraft around Japan began to increase. According to the information released by the Ministry of defense on August 14, the self defense force found a Russian IL-20 reconnaissance plane flying over the sea of Japan, and the self defense force dispatched fighter planes to deal with it.