{"id":5675,"date":"2019-04-08T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=5675"},"modified":"2023-08-06T14:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T04:10:50","slug":"japans-very-busy-fighter-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/japans-very-busy-fighter-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s very busy fighter force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n<p>By international standards, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is very busy. It scrambles fighters daily to intercept multiple aircraft penetrating Japan\u2019s Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) \u2013 the block of airspace established over, and usually somewhat beyond, a nation\u2019s territory in which any unknown approaching aircraft is sought to be identified. If determined hostile, the aircraft are then turned away or\u00a0<em>in extremis<\/em>\u00a0engaged.<\/p>\n<p>The number of JASDF scrambles to identify unknown ADIZ-penetrating aircraft have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asianmilitaryreview.com\/2017\/10\/will-the-sun-set-on-air-superiority-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">steadily risen<\/a>\u00a0from about 300 annually in 2012 to a peak of almost 1200 in 2016. In 2017, the number of scrambles declined to around 900: 55% against Chinese intruders and 43% Russian. A broadly similar ratio held up to end of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/Press\/press2019\/press_pdf\/p20190123_02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">third quarter of 2018<\/a>\u00a0when there were 758 scrambles, an average of almost three a day. Most Chinese aircraft intercepted are fighters; for Russia, intelligence collector aircraft are the most frequently encountered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-inner__quote--right\">\n<blockquote><p>Japan considers China is engaging\u00a0in a salami-slicing\u00a0strategy of\u00a0incremental power\u00a0projection to gain\u00a0de facto control\u00a0of the Senkaku\u00a0Islands, just as\u00a0Beijing successfully\u00a0did in the South\u00a0China Sea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The JASDF\u2019s fleet of some 215 F-15J aircraft bears the brunt of scramble tasking. The F-15J is well suited for such air policing tasks, having a fast cruise speed to reach intruding aircraft quickly, a good range and endurance, and reasonable manoeuvrability for close in visual identification of air targets.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/japan-s-very-busy-fighter-force\">Japan&#8217;s very busy fighter force<\/a>&#8221; published in The Lowy Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Visiting Fellow, Dr Peter Layton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| By international standards, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is very busy. It scrambles fighters daily to intercept multiple aircraft penetrating Japan\u2019s Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) \u2013 the block of airspace established over, and usually somewhat beyond, a nation\u2019s territory in which any unknown approaching aircraft is sought to be identified. 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