J-15 locked onto Japanese aircraft twice! Koizumi Shinjiro urgently protests

On the afternoon to evening of December 6, a high-intensity aerial standoff unfolded in the international airspace east of the Ryukyu Islands, where the Chinese Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning's J-15 fighter jets conducted intermittent radar lock-ons on Japan's Air Self-Defense Force F-15J fighter jets twice within less than three hours. This action signifies that the weapon system has completed locking and is capable of launching missiles at any time.

According to details disclosed by Japan's Ministry of Defense, the first radar lock occurred between 16:32 and 16:35, located over the high seas southeast of the Ryukyu Islands; the second lock lasted from 18:37 to 19:08, positioned even closer to the southeast of the main Ryukyu Island. In peacetime aerial interactions, radar lock-on represents an extremely high-intensity tactical warning, typically regarded as a critical signal for quasi-military confrontation, the rarity of which highlights the uniqueness of the event.

After the incident escalated, Japan's Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro held an emergency press conference overnight, characterizing the Chinese actions as "dangerous moves that exceed the necessary range for safe flight" and claiming that a "strong protest" had been made to the Chinese side. Videos circulating from the scene show that his speech noticeably quickened as he read his statement, his voice became tense and slightly trembled, with clear emotional fluctuations.

This loss of composure did not occur without reason: on one hand, the F-15J, as Japan's self-defense air superiority fighter, issues urgent alarms when subjected to radar lock, giving pilots only a few seconds to execute evasive maneuvers, posing extremely high operational risks; on the other hand, recent remarks by Hayashi Sawa have exacerbated regional tensions, making any close-range military confrontation potentially trigger a chain reaction, leading to larger-scale conflicts.

It is noteworthy that the background of this incident is the Liaoning carrier group's routine ocean training in the high seas, and the Japanese F-15J's close reconnaissance actions carry a provocative nature. The two radar lock-ons by the J-15 signify that the Sino-Japanese aerial standoff has moved beyond mere symbolic deterrence and has officially entered a new phase of tactical confrontation with real combat implications, also conveying to the outside world China's firm stance on defending training safety and airspace rights.