CHINA-JAPAN: NAVY PROVOCATIONS
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A Sovremennyy-class destroyer with a displacement of 7,940 tons and a Jiangwei-class frigate with a displacement of 2,392 tons, both belonging to the PLAN's East Sea Fleet, came within about 70 kilometers of the Senkaku Islands in mid-December. This was the first occasion on which PLAN warships came so close to the Senkakus since the Tokyo-Beijing feud erupted in 2012.
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) has dispatched vessels to keep an eye on the warships’ activities.
(Comment: Japan's SDF in August confirmed that the two Chinese warships were stationed about 200 km north of the islands on a permanent basis. They have repeatedly moved in zigzag patterns or abruptly changed directions as if they were trying to approach the Senkaku Islands.)
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