China's carrier borne Shenyang J15 fighter jets. Based on Russian Su33 and Su27.
Last Saturday there was an "incident" off the island of Okinawa. The Chinese Navy was conducting aircraft carrier drills in the South China Sea. A few Japanese fighter jets (F15s) showed up and buzzed around the Chinese carrier Liaoning.
Chinese J15 fighters from the Liaoning promptly approached the Japanese jets and 'lit them up' with their radar. The Chinese jets achieved a 'radar lock' on the Japanese. A 'radar lock' actually means a 'weapons lock'. The Chinese air-to-air missiles were locked onto the Japanese aircraft. The Chinese pilots only needed to press the Fire button and the Japanese jets would have been blown out of the sky.
The Japanese jets immediately backed off and left the area.
"China reveals radio communication heard before mid-air stand-off with Japanese fighter jets. State
broadcaster CCTV released the clip as evidence to show that a warning
was issued and confirmed before the incident took place".
This is yet another incident since the new Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi took office in October 2025. During her recent visit to the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia Takaichi made a controversial visit to the Japanese war graves to honour Japanese troops who invaded Malaya during the Second World War. After that (to balance things off) she also visited Malaysia's National Monument to honour Malaysians who died in the wars. Takaichi is a bit of a screw up.
Here is another short video from two years ago. A NATO FA18 fighter appeared and flew alongside President Putin's airplane (which was enroute somewhere). That was clearly an act of provocation because it was an official flight carrying the president of the Russian Federation.
Anyway a Russian SU27 fighter pops up and aggressively chases away the NATO jet. They like to provoke and keep things stirred up. Never poke a bear. A dragon can breathe fire and burn you to a crisp. The dragon can also whip its tail.
