Japan’s Defense Ministry says Air Self-Defense Force jets scrambled a record number of times during the last fiscal year, topping the past high in the Cold-War years.
Japan’s Defense Ministry says Air Self-Defense Force jets scrambled a record number of times during the last fiscal year, topping the past high in the Cold-War years.
The ASDF scrambles jets when unidentified aircraft approach Japan’s airspace. Ministry officials say the number of such flights totaled 1, 168 in the year that ended in March, up 295 from the previous fiscal year.
That’s also 224 times more than the past high of 944 marked in fiscal 1984.
