Russian navy convoy passes through strait off Japan

[Sherman A1]

Japan's defense ministry says six Russian naval vessels have passed through a strait between the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido and Russia's Sakhalin island.

The ministry says Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels spotted the Russian warships in the Sea of Okhotsk about 130 kilometers southeast of Cape Soya around Sunday midnight.

Ministry officials say the six vessels included a destroyer, a submarine, and a missile tracking ship. They say the Russian fleet later passed through the Soya Strait to reach the Sea of Japan.

Russia's navy has been carrying out large-scale maritime drills involving more than 20 warships in waters including the Sea of Okhotsk since February. The six vessels are believed to have taken part in the drills.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220314_44/

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Japan sunk their fleet once before.

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[Sherman A1]

2. I believe that the Japanese sank both their Pacific Fleet and

The fleet sent to replace them. But, that was more than a few years ago.

[soryang]

3. The US has an aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea

It's all international water. Freedom of navigation and all that.