South Korea protests Сhinеsе and Russiаn warplanes in its airspace

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1. SK is getting way less patient with this stuff, wouldn’t be shocked if SK ramps defense spending even more or tightens trilateral cooperation with Japan and the US. Feels like the kind of trend traders quietly price in months before headlines catch up

2. > Russia does not recognise South Korea’s air defence zone, describing it as “unilaterally” established and saying it should therefore not create any legal obligations for other countries.

   As much as I don’t support Russia’s attempts at regional sabre rattling, they’re quite unambiguously right here. It’s not airspace and they can only create legal obstacles for flights intending to enter their actually recognised airspace.

   So the headline’s misleading as no flights have actually entered SKorean Airspace:

   > Seoul said it sent up fighter jets to “take tactical measures in preparation for any emergencies” after seven Russian and two Chinese military aircraft “briefly entered” the zone on Tuesday, but noted they “did not violate” South Korea’s airspace.

3. These air defence zones aren’t actually that countries territory, they were flying over international waters.

   This is super bog standard for the Russians everywhere and I assume for China in the south China Sea and other Asian waters.

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