Japan concludes S. Korean claim over radar lock-on is "baseless"

The Defense Ministry concluded Monday that South Korea's denial of an alleged radar lock on a Japanese patrol plane is "baseless," saying it cannot continue bilateral defense talks on the incident.As the two nations have clashed over whether a fire-control radar was directed by a South Korean Navy destroyer at a Japanese Self-Defense Forces patrol plane over the Sea of Japan in December, the ministry released a 20-second clip of radar detection audio to prove its claim.The announcement came as South Korea rejected Japan's proposal to carry out an "objective and neutral" probe to identify wh…READ FULL ARTICLE