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Tunisia | A joint meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee and the security working group emanating from the Berlin track, in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Tunis.

Tunisia | A joint meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee and the security working group emanating from the Berlin track, in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Tunis.

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Abdoulaye Bathily, attended a meeting grouping the 5+5 Joint Military Committee and the security working group emanating from the Berlin track in Tunisia…

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War is a deception... Details of the strategic deception plan in the war October 1973.

War is a deception... Details of the strategic deception plan in the war October 1973.

The deception plan adopted by the Egyptian leadership in the period preceding the 1973 war had a direct impact on the historical victory it achieved. By tracking the course of…

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The Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX)2024.

The Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX)2024.

The of DIMDEX takes place from 4 to 6 March 2024. A flagship event for the international maritime defence and security, DIMDEX will once again bringing together key decision makers…

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The Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX)-2024.

The Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX)-2024.

The of DIMDEX takes place from 4 to 6 March 2024. A flagship event for the international maritime defence and security, DIMDEX will once again bringing together key decision makers…

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China has demarcated an "air-defence identification zone" over an area of the East China Sea, covering islands that are also claimed by Japan. China's Defence Ministry said aircraft entering the zone must obey its rules or face "emergency defensive measures". The islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are a source of rising tension between the countries. Japan lodged a strong protest over what it said was an "escalation".

"Setting up such airspace unilaterally escalates the situations surrounding Senkaku islands and has danger of leading to an unexpected situation," Japan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Taiwan, which also claims the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, expressed regret at the move and promised that the military would take measure to protect national security.

'No specific target' 

In its statement, the Chinese Defence Ministry said aircraft must report a flight plan, "maintain two-way radio communications", and "respond in a timely and accurate manner" to identification inquiries.
"China's armed forces will adopt defensive emergency measures to respond to aircraft that do not co-operate in the identification or refuse to follow the instructions," said the statement.
It said the zone came into effect from 10:00 local time (02:00GMT) on Saturday.
State news agency Xinhua showed a map on its website covering a wide area of the East China Sea, including regions very close to South Korea and Japan.
Responding to questions about the zone on an official state website, a defence ministry spokesman, Yang Yujun, said China set up the area "with the aim of safeguarding state sovereignty, territorial land and air security, and maintaining flight order". 
"It is not directed against any specific country or target," he said, adding that China "has always respected the freedom of over-flight in accordance with international law".

"Normal flights by international airliners in the East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone will not be affected in any way." The islands have been a source of tension between China and Japan for decades. In 2012, the Japanese government bought three of the islands from their Japanese owner, sparking mass protests in Chinese cities.
Since then, Chinese ships have repeatedly sailed in and out of what Japan says are its territorial waters. In September this year, Japan said it would shoot down unmanned aircraft in Japanese airspace after an unmanned Chinese drone flew close to the disputed islands. China said that any attempt by Japan to shoot down Chinese aircraft would constitute "an act of war". Last month Japan's defence minister, Itsunori Onodera, said China's behaviour over the disputed East China Sea islands was jeopardising peace. BBC World Service East Asia editor Charles Scanlon says the confrontation over the small chain of uninhabited islands is made more intractable by conflicting claims for potentially rich energy resources on the sea bed. But the issue has now become a nationalist touchstone in both countries, making it hard for either side to be seen to back down, he says.

Air-defence identification zones

  • Zones do not necessarily overlap with airspace, sovereign territory or territorial claims
  • States define zones, and stipulate rules that aircraft must obey; legal basis is unclear
  • During WW2, US established an air perimeter and now maintains four separate zones -Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, and a contiguous mainland zone
  • UK, Norway, Japan and Canada also maintain zones
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