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日本航空自卫队冲绳那霸基地的F-15战机0 e- l. y4 B8 r) s4 g5 t$ X
An F-15 fighter plane being towed at the Naha air force base in Japan. F-15 fighters are engaged in an increasingly busy game of cat-and-mouse with rapidly modernizing China.0 M' f) Y) o; l. R) j( P, X
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日本出动五架军机和三艘船只,先在东海海域发现浮油和白烟,其后在伊江岛西北140公里海面,寻获一截垂直尾翼和减速板等残骸碎片。37岁的飞行员川久保裕二下落不明。: e- p; [! ]3 ^% W* B
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东方日报报导,因时值钓鱼台问题之际,这个东海坠机事件分外敏感。不少中国网民认为,事件显示日本战机老化,难为中国歼10对手。日本近年加快推动军事重心南移,包括向冲绳增派数十架F-15战机围堵中国,夺取东海制空权。不过,面对中国的俄制苏-27及国产歼10等先进战机,老旧的F-15在频密的空中角力中显得力不从心。7 h! ~+ t1 K* Y; O) V