State broadcaster CCTV released the clip as evidence to show that a warning was issued and confirmed before the incident took place.

China on Tuesday released more details about Saturday’s mid-air stand-off between Chinese and Japanese fighter jets, as the two sides traded barbs over the radar lock-on incident amid rising tensions. The Japanese Defence Ministry claimed the Chinese ship-based J-15 fighters from aircraft carrier Liaoning had locked fire-control radars on Japan’s F-15 jets in the international airspace near Okinawa. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun stated on Tuesday that it is “standard practice for…

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