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Banned Idiot
what year are you living? Japan has air tankers that can refuel their F-15s in the area.You are either wilfully distorting the nature of an ADIZ to set up a straw man argument, or you don't know what an ADIZ is.
An ADIZ is not national airspace and any aircraft from any nation can fly any way they want in one. The US military is free to disregard China's ADIZ all they want, it just means China will scramble fighters to intercept and escort any American (or any foreign) aircraft that enters its ADIZ and don't follow the rules and procedures established.
Its not a problem for the Americans in any way, shape or form. It is a problem for Japan OTOH, because if they send aircraft over the Diaoyu Islands without following the rules for China's ADIZ, the PLAAF will scramble fighters to intercept those Japanese aircraft long before they get near 12nm of the Diaoyu Islands, and if the Japanese aircraft flies within 12nm of the Diaoyu Islands, so will the escorting PLAAF fighters.
The Japanese and the western media can whine and spin all they want, but the hard fact is, those Chinese fighters will only fly within 12nm of the Diaoyu islands because the Japanese aircraft they were monitoring did the same, and not being idiots, the Japanese should have recognised and expected that to happen.
This presents Japan with a very hard choice. They can try to call China's bluff and continue air patrols over the Diaoyu islands, but it doesn't look like China is bluffing, in which case it will set a precedent for PLAAF fighters over the Diaoyu islands. Or Japan can stop all air patrols over the Diaoyu islands themselves.
I am, of course ruling out the Japanese actual wanting to start a shooting war. But with the balance of power the way they are, if the Japanese starts a shooting war with China over the Diaoyu islands, the Japanese will loose, so it would be a pretty stupid thing for them to do, which is why I am ruling it out.
The Chinese J-10s are single engine aircraft like the F-2 however F-2s have longer range and can refuel too,
China is making statements for people who do not know Japan has AWACS and air tankers.
the F-15 is a fighter of long range that only the Su-27 can match