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The report further stated that South Korean F-16 jets escorted the Tupolev-95MS planes at certain route stages. However, the South Korean military has not confirmed Russian media reports that it dispatched F-16 fighter jets in response to Russian aircraft.

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The South Korean military said that Russian warplanes had breached the country’s air defense zone and that it had engaged in unspecified “tactical action.” The term “tactical action” often refers to fighter jets scrambling to chase away foreign aircraft. 

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, “Russian military aircraft entered Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) without notice Tuesday, prompting the Air Force to scramble fighters to the scene.”

“Regarding the Russian military aircraft’s entry into KADIZ, our military took tactical steps in preparation against possible accidents,” the JCS added.

Air defense identification zones are typically extended beyond a country’s borders to provide more time to respond to potentially hostile aircraft. 

Military jets entering another country’s air defense identification zone must inform them in advance. In recent years, Russian and Chinese jets have frequently entered South Korea’s air defense identification zones, flexing their muscles in the face of increased rivalry with the United States. 

In 2019, a Russian military aircraft allegedly breached South Korea’s national airspace twice near its eastern coast, according to South Korea, which claimed that hundreds of warning shots were fired at the aircraft by its fighter jets.