South Korea Shows No Mercy, fires 300 Shots at Chinese and Russian jets Japan and South Korea have scrambled fighter jets to track Russian and Chinese bombers which flown a joint patrol mission over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing. The Russian military said a pair of its Tu-95 strategic bombers and four Chinese H-6K bombers flew over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea on Tuesday. Japan’s air self-defence forces scrambled fighter jets to track the bombers, which flew over the disputed Takeshima/Dokdo islands in the Sea of Japan, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting the defence ministry. The islands are controlled by South Korea but also claimed by Japan. The Russian and Chinese planes also flew over the Tsushima Strait separating Japan and the southernmost point of the Korean peninsula, as well as an area near the southern island of Okinawa, home to tens of thousands of US troops. South Korea also scrambled jets after the Russian and Chinese planes “in preparation for accidental situations” after they entered the country’s “air defence identification zone,” according to the Yonhap news agency. The South Korean military and foreign ministry both contact their Russian and Chinese counterparts to express their concerns over the incident. Russia’s defence ministry said the joint mission was intended to “develop and deepen the comprehensive Russia-China partnership, further increase the level of cooperation between the two militaries, expand their ability for joint action and strengthen strategic stability”. Putin also noted in October that Russia had been sharing highly sensitive military technologies with China that helped significantly bolster its defence capability.