Four Chinese and 4 Russian military aircraft entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (Kadiz) today without warning, prompting the Seoul military to take off fighter jets. The South Korean Joint Staff Command said that between 11.52 and 13.49 local time (4.52-6.49 in Italy), Chinese and Russian jets entered Kadiz "without violating South Korean airspace" In the afternoon, Beijing's Defense Ministry surprisingly announced that China and Russia "organized and implemented" today "the sixth air patrol of Japan and East China"