緊急発進、上半期３５８回　回数減少も中ロが領空侵犯―防衛省

　防衛省は１７日、領空侵犯の恐れのある航空機に対する航空自衛隊の緊急発進（スクランブル）が、今年度上半期（４～９月）に計３５８回あったと発表した。前年同期比６６回減で過去５年では最少だが、中国軍機とロシア軍機による領空侵犯があった。防衛省は活発な活動に変化はないとみており、「状況に応じ、厳正かつ必要な対応を実施する」としている。（2024/10/17-19:10）

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets scrambled 358 times for possible airspace violations in the fiscal first half ended last month, a decrease of 66 from a year before and the lowest first-half figure in the past five years, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
   Despite the decrease in scrambles, the ministry sees no change in active military activities by China and Russia near Japan. The country will "take strict and necessary steps depending on conditions," it said.
   The number of scrambles against Chinese military aircraft declined by 63 to 241. There were 115 scrambles against Russian aircraft, an increase of five.
   In August, a Chinese surveillance plane flew over the sea off the Danjo Islands in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki, the first violation of Japanese airspace by a Chinese military aircraft.
   In September, ASDF fighter jets used flares for the first time to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, which violated Japanese airspace three times north of Rebun Island in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.