US believes Japan?s evidence on China radar incident

As the territorial dispute between Japan and China continues to escalate, the United States has stated that it believes Japan?s allegation that China activated its weapons-guiding radar last month. China has denied this, but the US stands by the Japanese claims that Chinese naval vessels locked their radar onto a Japanese destroyer and helicopter.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday that the U.S. was briefed by its ally Japan, and said, ?We have satisfied ourselves that it does appear to have happened.? Earlier this week, Japan has revealed that it was mulling over the release of the recorded radar data that will serve as evidence that the Chinese vessels indeed trained their aggressive weapons radar on the Japanese units. While the U.S. has taken no sides in the ongoing dispute, Washington has declared that it opposes any ?unilateral action? undermining Japan?s administration of the islands. China and Japan?s row over a cluster of tiny islands called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese have intensified in the past few weeks, with both Japan and China throwing verbal rhetoric at each other.

China has accused Japan of fabricating reports to smear China, and has urged the Japanese to not inflame the situation further. The Japanese appear to have taken to preparations seriously however, as the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces trained with the U.S. Marines in California recently, doing island recapturing exercises.

[ via UT San Diego ]

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