Relying on the fact that it has the most powerful sea and air combat capabilities in the world, especially its global deployment capabilities, U.S. warships and aircraft often "rampage" in the world's oceans and in the skies under the banner of so-called "freedom of navigation". In this way, they threaten relevant countries and complete provocative strategic reconnaissance missions. But this time, the US military RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft headed for the South China Sea hit a hard nail...
Statement issued by the US military Indo-Pacific command
US military Indo-Pacific The command issued a statement this week, which showed that in late this month, a Chinese naval aviation J-11 fighter approached a US military RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in a so-called "unsafe manner." The incident occurred over the South China Sea. The J-11 once approached only 20 feet away from the US aircraft, which forced the RC-135 to make emergency evasive maneuvers to prevent a mid-air collision. At the end of the statement, the United States played the old trick of "hypocrisy" again, claiming that "the U.S. military is committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and hopes that all countries will use international airspace in a safe and abide by international law." In short, these few sentences are still the American way of "being both important and independent".
RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft is a "frequent visitor" over the South China Sea.
20 feet, converted into a length unit we are more familiar with, is less than 6.1 meters. This is definitely enough to make the heartbeat of any pilot in the world accelerate. You must know that both the J-11 fighter jet and the RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft are jet fighters. The two jets flying at high speed in the air are only 6 meters apart. Not to mention the "extremely slight" shaking of the control stick by one pilot. Even if both parties firmly control the control stick, as long as a small lateral airflow cuts through, it is enough to cause the two planes to collide directly.
The J-11 fighter of the People's Liberation Army Naval Aviation
From this perspective, the audacity of the pilots of the People's Liberation Army fighter is undoubtedly amazing. This kind of mastery of equipment and excellent flying skills are also full of respect. At the same time, it should be noted that since the J-11 is approaching only 6 meters away from the RC-135, it obviously means that the US military reconnaissance aircraft is "extremely close" to the Chinese airspace line and is just a "final kick" away from breaking into Chinese airspace. In this case, the PLA pilots showed the world what a "city wall guarding the country's gate" is by "doing nothing in the air", which was more vicious than firing a warning.
The PLA pilots are brave and skilled
However, although the J-11's "close proximity" to the US aircraft is enough to make the US pilots feel nervous, in terms of technology and flight, we are actually quite "courteous" to the US aircraft. Judging from the video released by the US Indo-Pacific Command, the J-11 only flew side by side and diagonally in front of the US aircraft, and displayed live ammunition of the air-to-air missile it carried at an extremely close range, thus forcing the RC-135 to change its flight direction and leave the South China Sea. If we are more ruthless, we can do things even better without opening fire.
The operation of aviation engines requires continuous inhalation of oxygen
For example, the J-11 can surpass US military aircraft and fly directly in front of them at close range. As a result, the four engines of the RC-135 are likely to reduce power output due to insufficient air intake, cause uncontrolled decreases in speed and altitude, and even risk engine mid-air parking . The reason is simple. During the operation of the aerospace engine, it needs to inhale a large amount of air to maintain the work of the engine combustion chamber and continue to produce thrust with enough oxygen .
Insufficient air intake caused the US military fighter plane to stop in the air
And if there is another aircraft flying at a close distance directly in front of it, the aircraft engine in front will emit exhaust gas mainly composed of hydrocarbons , with very low oxygen content. As a result, the engine of the aircraft behind will have difficulty maintaining the normal operation of the combustion chamber due to insufficient oxygen content in the inhaled air.
Provoking China will not end well
In short, although the great power game in peacetime basically follows the principle of "not taking the initiative to open fire unless it is absolutely necessary", the actions of the J-11 fighter jets still show that the People's Liberation Army is willing to fight to defend the integrity of the country's territorial sovereignty. Faced with the provocation of US military aircraft, we have enough means to make them experience a "frightening moment."
