TOKYO -- A new security risk may face Japan: China maintaining a constant military presence in the Sea of Japan, a possible launching point for nuclear weapons aimed at the U.S.
Last December, two Chinese H-6 bombers entered the airspace above the Sea of Japan to rendezvous with a pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers. Accompanied by fighter jets, patrol planes and other aircraft from both countries, they flew from the Sea of Japan to the East China Sea.
