JAPANESE MILITARY WORRIED ABOUT RUSSIAN FLIGHTS TO HOKKAIDO.

The Japanese Self Defense Force wants to study a proposal that would allow Russian airline flights in and out of the civilian airport of Sapporo, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. The airport is right next to a strategic military airbase and an electronic intelligence listening post that monitors communications in Russia, China and Korea. On those infrequent occasions in the past when Russian charter flights have landed at Sopporo, the military has temporarily shut down its radars and antennas. (Itar-Tass, October 31)

Dogfight to Sell Fighters to South Korea.