According to a report on the Indian "Eurasia Times" website, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio recently announced at the G7 summit that Japan will strengthen its national defense by increasing military spending in the next five years. Taking into account China's growing threat, this statement was announced against the backdrop of Chinese bombers and ships heading out of the Western Pacific and fully enveloping Japan.
According to the South China Morning Post, military experts said that the Chinese People's Liberation Army H-6 bomber carried a powerful supersonic cruise missile and flew over the Miyako Strait in southern Japan to demonstrate the coordinated operations of the Chinese Air Force and navy. ability. According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, three H-6 bombers crossed the Miyako Strait from the East China Sea and entered the Pacific Ocean, then turned around and returned along the same route. However, Japan has begun to speculate about the motives behind the unusual flight.
[China's H-6K bomber ]
There are reports that Chinese and Russian warships frequently cruise around Japan. Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi called this a "show of force." Last week, two Chinese coast guard ships sailed continuously for more than 64 hours in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands. On June 27, Japan once again accused China of deploying ships to the Diaoyu Islands. Japan stated that this is the 11th time this year that "Chinese government ships have been found entering the waters of the Diaoyu Islands." Regarding the Diaoyu Islands issue, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly stressed that the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islands have been China’s inherent territory since ancient times. The law enforcement activities carried out by Chinese government ships within the territorial waters of the country are legitimate and legal, and will continue to be carried out on a regular basis. Therefore, Japan's groundless accusations will not change China's determination to defend its territorial sovereignty at all.
In recent months, as China has conducted an increasing number of exercises against Taiwan in the East China Sea, the Chinese navy has also stepped up its military activities near Japanese waters. In May this year, the Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group passed through the Miyako Strait and conducted military exercises in the Western Pacific.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also emphasized the importance of G7 leaders leaders establishing a united front to prevent other countries from copying the Russia-Ukraine war model. He indirectly mentioned China. According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the G7 members: "We see that some countries' attempts to change the status quo through force in the Indian Ocean -Pacific region are still increasing. We need to ensure that other countries do not You will draw wrong conclusions from the situation between Russia and Ukraine.”
In recent times, Japan has joined the US Indo-Pacific economic framework to deal with China economically, and militarily, it has prepared to massively increase defense expenditures on the grounds of China’s threat. And recently, Kishida Fumio also attended the NATO summit. This NATO summit not only targets Russia, but will also mention China's challenge for the first time in NATO strategy, which can be said to be full of malice. Under such circumstances, the Chinese People's Liberation Army ships and bombers dispatched in unison to surround Japan in disguise, and continued to increase exercise activities in Japanese waters, which was the best warning to Japan.
[Chinese Navy Liaoning aircraft carrier formation ]
According to pictures provided by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two Chinese H-6 bombers flew over Japan this time. An H-6J bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy carries eight YJ-12 anti-ship cruise missiles, and another H-6K bomber is equipped with an electronic countermeasures pod for jamming enemy radar . Because of its range and speed, the YJ-12 anti-ship missile is considered one of China's most lethal anti-ship missiles. This missile is almost impossible to intercept. It can be launched from land, air or sea, has a range of more than 400 kilometers, and can complete the attack on the target within 30 seconds. Faced with the increasing threats from Japan, China will never bow its head and will take action when it is time to take action.
In May of this year, the day before US President Biden visited Asia for the first time, the H-6 bombers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force also conducted a similar exercise. Two H-6 bombers flew over Okinawa and Miyako Island and landed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.The bombers circled over the area and then returned on the same route, Eurasia Times reported. However, Chinese military expert Fu Qianshao said that it is unusual for the Chinese navy and air force to fly H-6 bombers at the same time. This operation is aimed at improving collaborative combat capabilities.
html In June, the Type 055 Lhasa ship conducted its first long-sea training and sailed around the Japanese archipelago . Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced earlier that Japan has confirmed that five Russian Navy ships sailed south this month from Hokkaido in the Pacific Ocean, passed through the Tsushima Strait in southwest Japan, and then sailed to the "Sea of Japan" . Nobuo Kishi was shocked by this unprovoked development, saying, "Nearly 10 Russian and Chinese ships sailed near our country on similar routes in a short period of time." In addition, he claimed that last week, six more Chinese ships The ship sails from the East China Sea and along the southern region near Okinawa to the Pacific Ocean.
[Chinese Navy 055 guided missile destroyer]
The article pointed out that both China and Russia have territorial disputes with Japan, which has led to China and Russia becoming more coordinated in threatening Japan. On May 24, as US President Joe Biden concluded his trip to Asia, Russian and Chinese bombers conducted joint patrols near the air defense zones of Japan and South Korea. As everyone knows, the strong reaction from China and Russia is actually because the United States is trying to curb the ambitions of China and Russia, and Japan is also acting as a pawn of the United States.
The article stated that in order to deal with the threat posed by China to its security, Japan has been considering adopting a more aggressive military posture, and even chose to cooperate with Australia to jointly build the nuclear submarine , while Japan and Australia are part of the Indo-Pacific Partnership and the United States, Japan and India An important ally of the Australian Quad Alliance. These moves may further intensify hostility between China and Japan.
At present, Western countries such as the United States and Japan will go all the way to the dark side in using the Taiwan Strait issue to prevent China's rise, and we will not show weakness.
