on Monday 2 January, 2023
Japan says Chinese military drone spotted near Okinawa island
Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force displays its high-altitude supersonic drone the WZ-8 during the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, on Sept. 28, 2021, in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province. (AP)
Japan’s Defense Ministry said it spotted a Chinese military drone near the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Miyakojima on New Year’s Day.
The unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which the ministry identified as a WZ-7 drone, flew from the East China Sea toward the Pacific Ocean before circling back and heading west, the ministry said in a statement late Sunday.
The aircraft didn’t enter Japanese airspace, according to the statement.
China’s foreign ministry didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday, a local holiday.
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