As the construction of my country's Type 003 aircraft carrier enters the final preparation stage before launching, US military aircraft have also significantly strengthened their harassment and reconnaissance efforts in my country's southeastern coastal areas. According to the Observer website citing the "South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness" think tank, on the morning of June 15, the US military dispatched an RC-135V reconnaissance aircraft to conduct high-intensity turnaround operations in the airspace outside the Yangtze River Delta , suspected of collecting information. Construction information of my country's 003 aircraft carrier.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of my country also responded immediately. At a regular press conference held on June 15, my country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin protested against the US military’s dispatch of warships and aircraft to conduct close reconnaissance of our country. We urge the U.S. to immediately stop its provocative behavior and emphasize that if the U.S. insists on its own actions, China will also take necessary measures to safeguard its sovereignty, security and interests.
In fact, this is not the first time that US military aircraft have visited the southeastern coast of my country to conduct reconnaissance activities. As early as June 3 this year, the US military dispatched an RC-135U electronic reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance and provocation activities along my country's eastern coastline, and continued to hover over the waters of my country's Yangtze River Estuary. And further extending the timeline, according to statistics from the South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness Program, in 2021, the US military sent a total of about 1,200 large reconnaissance aircraft to conduct close reconnaissance activities against our country, several of which were away from our country. The territorial sea baseline is already less than 20 nautical miles.
In other words, the U.S. military aircraft’s harassment and reconnaissance activities in the southeastern coastal areas of our country have never stopped. In fact, with the development of satellite technology, the US military's intelligence reconnaissance methods for our country have been greatly expanded, but the US has never abandoned the reconnaissance method of sending reconnaissance aircraft to fly along the outer edge of our country's airspace to collect intelligence.
In addition to rendering the so-called "freedom of flight", a very important point is that this detection method can indeed produce a certain effect. On the one hand, the electromagnetic intelligence collected by these electronic reconnaissance aircraft monitoring can help the US military analyze my country's military deployment and other confidential information. On the other hand, it can also test the response capabilities of our country's air defense forces, thereby looking for opportunities to implement "software" on our country's air defense system. Strike". After all, for the U.S. military, intelligence and search activities against China are actually a very complex system. There are many tasks that cannot be completed by satellites and spies and still need to be sorted out by traditional military information collection methods. After all, the data collected by the equipment Will not "cheat".
However, since most of the reconnaissance activities of US military aircraft are on the southeast coast of my country, they only enter my country's exclusive economic zone but not our airspace. Therefore, the countermeasures that China can take are actually very limited.
Of course, the People's Liberation Army fighter planes are not "vegetarian". It is a "basic operation" for fighter planes to take off to perform surveillance, interception and accompanying missions. Although the People's Liberation Army rarely publicizes these interception missions, we can get a glimpse of some details from interviews with the U.S. military. Previously, a general of the U.S. Air Force Asia-Taiwan Command revealed during an interview that the J-20 fighter jets and the U.S. Air Force's H1F-35 had previously had "contacts" over the East China Sea. He did not hesitate to praise, saying that the Chinese pilots flew the J-20 "very professionally". This shows that our country has spent a lot of effort in curbing the reconnaissance activities of US military aircraft in recent years.
The warning from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is actually a clear signal. If the United States continues to provoke, China will definitely have more "tough measures" to curb the reconnaissance activities of US military aircraft. 20 years ago, when the overall strength of the People's Liberation Army and the U.S. Army was quite different, the Chinese side dared to directly "show their swords" when faced with the EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft that came for reconnaissance. I believe that 20 years later, when the strength of our country's air force has achieved a substantial leap, the Chinese side will definitely There are stronger measures to curb the provocative actions of the United States.
