S. Korean ship's radar could not have targeted Japanese plane: Expert
- 5 years ago
Japan's been claiming that a South Korean navy destroyer recently used its targeting radar to lock on to a Japanese patrol plane.
But experts here in South Korea who've seen video from the Japanese plane are saying that did not happen -- futhermore, they say, it was the plane flying at a low altitude over the ship that was threatening.
An expert from the Korea Research Institute for Military Affairs, Ryu Seong-yeop, said today that the plane was never in a position where it could have been in the fire control radar's beams because of the limited angles at which the radar operates.
On December 20th, the Korean destroyer Gwanggaeto the Great was conducting a humanitarian search for a North Korean ship in the East Sea when a Japanese patrol plane approached it at close range.
But experts here in South Korea who've seen video from the Japanese plane are saying that did not happen -- futhermore, they say, it was the plane flying at a low altitude over the ship that was threatening.
An expert from the Korea Research Institute for Military Affairs, Ryu Seong-yeop, said today that the plane was never in a position where it could have been in the fire control radar's beams because of the limited angles at which the radar operates.
On December 20th, the Korean destroyer Gwanggaeto the Great was conducting a humanitarian search for a North Korean ship in the East Sea when a Japanese patrol plane approached it at close range.