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Eight fighters took off from the US base on Japanese Okinawa

Eight fighters took off from the US base on Japanese Okinawa

Five tanker planes and eight F15 fighters took off from the US military base Kadena in Japanese Okinawa.

This was reported by the Japanese TV channel NHK.


In addition, two hours earlier, a Lockheed EP-3 electronic reconnaissance aircraft, capable of collecting electronic information from military installations and military equipment, took off from the base.


Earlier it was reported that the special flight of the President of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will arrive at the airport in the Taiwanese capital Taipei.


Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that China will take strong measures to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity if Pelosi visits Taiwan.