The high alert is just a way to kick Air Force Commanders into gear. Check maintenance, availability of spare parts, status of pilots, get everyone back to base and then to report why that commander has blemishes.
As to an actual mission, maybe not, that was just my conjecture for a future mission.
As to the deal; probably to some degree. Japan is spinning up, so is S. Korea, it seems. Why not China?
Good to be prepared.
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