Waching daily Dec 29 2018

South Korea's defense ministry has expressed dismay at Japan's release of a video Friday

afternoon of alleged radar targeting.

The ministry said the video only contains edited conversations between Japanese pilots

and footage shot from the aircraft,... which does not objectively prove Japan's claim that

it was targeted by South Korea's fire-control radar.

Seoul's defense ministry reiterated its ship did not use its targeting radar,... but instead

used its search radar, and an optic camera attached to the radar to observe the Japanese

aircraft.

The ministry stressed the video only proved that the Japanese aircraft made a low-altitude

flight, circling within 500 meters of the South Korean destroyer and just 150 meters

above the sea,... which is rarely done in international waters,.. as flying that low

could be threatening to the ship.

Seoul officials also pointed out that Tokyo has failed to provide the aircraft's official

records of radar frequency analysis, which could show which radar was used by the South

Korean ship.