Japan’s campaign to accuse Chinese radars of “locking onto” a Japanese warship is more likea “political drama” to hype the “China threat” and will risk greater tension over the DiaoyuIslands dispute, experts said.
Observers warned that the hyped “lock-on incident” serves as part of Tokyo’s excuse formilitary expansion and lifting legislative limitations on the country’s armed forces.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned China on Wednesday after his defenseminister Itsunori Onodera claimed on Tuesday that a Chinese navy vessel locked its fire-controlradar on a Japanese destroyer in the East China Sea in late January.
Abe called the incident a “dangerous” act that could have led to a “contingency”, Japan’sKyodo News Agency reported.
Beijing has not officially confirmed the incident. Ties were strained after the Japanesegovernment in September illegally “purchased” part of the Diaoyu Islands, which have belongedto China for centuries.
Jiang Xinfeng, an expert on Japanese studies at the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, said aradar’s “locking on” is a common and constant reconnaissance practice in regular missions,and the other side usually reciprocates.
By China Daily via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/jL9wLOONGC0/
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