Japan Says China Aimed Military Radar at Ship
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The Japanese defense minister, Itsunori Onodera, said that a Chinese navy frigate had directed its fire-control radar at a Japanese destroyer in the incident on Jan. 30 near the islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in Chinese.
[T]he recent radar incidents are among the first to involve naval warships from both nations, which had until now been kept in the background to avoid a dangerous escalation. With tensions so high, military experts in Japan and the United States say their biggest fear is some accident or miscalculation resulting in an unintended military confrontation.
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I don't see how this gets resolved. Japan won't concede the Senkakus; indeed as the article points out, it doesn't even acknowledge that a territorial dispute even exists. The Chinese aren't going to stand down from patrols anytime soon either. For those living in the region, what do you see as the likely trajectory of this conflict? What happens if they start shooting at each other?