緊急発進、上半期４４６回　中国活発、無人機単独も―防衛省

　防衛省は１４日、領空侵犯の恐れのある航空機に対する航空自衛隊戦闘機の緊急発進（スクランブル）が、今年度上半期（４～９月）に計４４６回あったと発表した。前年同期と比べ５６回増加。中国機への対応が増えており、無人機の単独飛行も初めて確認された。浜田靖一防衛相は同日の閣議後記者会見で「中国機の活動を注視し、対領空侵犯措置を厳正に行う」と述べた。
　同省によると、中国機への対応が５９回増の３４０回で、全体の４分の３を占めた。ロシア機は７回減の９５回だった。（2022/10/14-14:57）

Japanese Air-Self Defense Force fighters scrambled 446 times to warn against airspace violations in the April-September first half of fiscal 2022, up 56 times from a year before, the Defense Ministry said Friday.
   JASDF fighters responded to Chinese aircraft 340 times, up 59 times, and to Russian airplanes 95 times, down seven times.
   With the rising number of cases with Chinese airplanes, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told a press conference Friday that Japan will closely monitor Chinese activities and take measures against airspace violations strictly.
   Chinese aircraft took off from and landed on the Chinese military's Liaoning aircraft carrier more than 100 times south of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa in May and also increased activities around Taiwan, the ministry said.
   An unmanned Chinese reconnaissance airplane flying without being accompanied by a manned plane was confirmed for the first time, the ministry said.