미해군이 여섯대의 P-8A 포세이돈 초계기를
이번달에
일본의 오키나와의 카데나 공군기지에 배치한다고
발표했습니다.
이는 이번에 일방적으로 발표한 중국의 방공식별구역확장과
무관해 보이지는 않겠군요 ~~
원문입니다
(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's first advanced P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft has arrived in Japan, the start of a deployment that will upgrade America's ability to hunt submarines and other vessels in seas close to China as tension in the region mounts.
The deployment, planned before China last month established an air defense zone covering islands controlled by Japan and claimed by Beijing, includes six aircraft to be delivered to Kadena air base on Okinawa this month.
The first arrived on Sunday, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy told *******. The mission in the waters west of Japan's main islands will be the new aircraft's first anywhere.
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