러 초계기, 지난주 韓방공식별구역 진입…공군 F-15K 대응출격<br /><br />Two Russian aircraft entered South Korea's air defense identification zone without prior notice last Friday... prompting South Korea's Air Force to dispatch F-15K fighter jets in response.<br />A military source said today that two Russian anti-submarine TU-142 planes entered the KADIZ... near the southern coast of Jeju Island... four times for a total of one hour and 39 minutes.<br />No countermeasures were taken after the Russian pilots defined their purpose of flight... in response to the Air Force's warning messages.<br />Although no further details have been revealed, observers say it is presumed the two aircraft were part of a six-day Sino-Russian naval drills held near China's port city of Qingdao leading up to May 4. <br />
