CHINA-JAPAN: JAPANESE DEFENCE MINISTRY REPORTS PLA NAVY FLEET SAILING BETWEEN OKINAWA'S MAIN ISLAND AND MIYAKOJIMA ON MARCH 19
Japan's Defence Ministry reported that on March 19 in an area about 80 kilometers southeast of Miyako Island a PLA Navy Type-052D guided missile destroyer, two Type-054A frigates and a Type-903A integrated supply ship were spotted by its PC-3 patrol aircraft sailing eastward. The Japanese Ministry of Defense said that afterwards, these Chinese warships sailed northward from the sea between Okinawa's main island and Miyakojima and headed for the East China Sea.
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