中ロの連携強化注視　爆撃機、連続共同飛行―防衛白書

　２０２１年版防衛白書は、中国、ロシアの爆撃機が２年連続で日本海や東シナ海を長距離共同飛行したことを挙げ、両国の軍事面での連携強化の動きを注視した。
　白書は「中ロ関係の深化がうかがわれる動き」として、２０１９年７月と２０年１２月に中国のＨ６爆撃機とロシアのＴＵ９５爆撃機が島根県の竹島周辺で合流し、日本海、東シナ海方面に共同飛行した事例を飛行経路図とともに説明した。（2021/07/13-14:12）

A Japanese government report released Tuesday focuses on deepening military cooperation between China and Russia, noting that the countries have conducted joint long-range air patrols over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea for two years in a row.
   The 2021 defense white paper refers to the patrols, which took place in July 2019 and December 2020, as "moves that can be seen as signs of deepening China-Russia relations."
   The paper describes the drills using a flight route map, noting that Chinese H-6 bombers and Russian TU-95 bombers met above the Takeshima Islands in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, and flew over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea together.
   The annual defense white paper also analyzes recent activities by the Russian military, pointing out that the military "has tended to deploy cutting-edge equipment also to the country's Far East" in recent years.
   It notes that Russian renovated frigates conducted cruise missile firing drills in the Sea of Japan this year.