Japan’s Defense Ministry says a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) P-1 maritime patrol aircraft was locked by the fire control radar of a South Korean naval destroyer over the Sea of Japan on Dec. 20.
A photo released by Japan shows the warship as ROKS Kwanggaeto the Great.
An anonymous South Korean Navy official told Yonhap that the warship was actually using its fire control radar to track a North Korean warship drifting near the inter-Korean sea border.
S. Korean Navy dismisses Tokyo’s claim about targeting of Japanese patrol aircraft