According to statistics released by the South China Sea Strategic Dynamic Perception Think Tank, the United States sent more than 1,200 reconnaissance aircraft to my country's coastal areas in 2021 for reconnaissance and spying on my country's coastal intelligence.

In recent years, as China's comprehensive strength continues to increase, the United States has listed China as its main competitor and has stepped up its containment and military reconnaissance of China. According to statistics released by the South China Sea Strategic Dynamic Perception Think Tank, in 2021, the United States sent more than 1,200 reconnaissance aircraft to my country's coastal areas for reconnaissance and spying on my country's coastal intelligence. From January to November this year, the US military dispatched about 600 large-scale reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance in my country's coastal areas. Although the frequency of this reconnaissance has decreased compared with last year, such reconnaissance activities are performed almost every day, which poses a serious threat to my country's coastal areas.

According to information released by the South China Sea Strategic Dynamic Perception Think Tank, on December 21, 2022, the US military dispatched a total of 3 P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft , 1 E-3G early warning aircraft, and 1 RC-135V reconnaissance aircraft from Kadena Base and Clark Base to conduct frequent reconnaissance activities over the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea . The close approach between Chinese and US military aircraft occurred on this day, but the US military only disclosed relevant information on December 29. During a week-long period, it is estimated that the United States is planning how to conduct a public opinion war against China.

Sure enough, a 30-second video released by the US Indo-Pacific Command on December 29 showed that on December 21, two Chinese and American military aircraft approached over the South China Sea. The closest distance between the two military aircraft was only 20 feet, or about 6 meters. In the end, the US military aircraft took evasive action. According to the information displayed in the video, the Chinese military aircraft is a naval aviation J-11 jet fighter, and the US military aircraft is a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft .

The US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the pilot of the Chinese fighter conducted an "unsafe maneuver" during the interception of a US reconnaissance aircraft. The unsafe maneuver described by the US was shown in the video as a Chinese pilot flying a J-11 fighter jet approaching from the left side of the nose of the US reconnaissance aircraft, forcing the US reconnaissance aircraft to leave the airspace. Western media such as Reuters in the UK and CNN in the United States have reported on this incident. However, their positions are all on the side of the United States and they regard the behavior of Chinese military aircraft as provocative.

Is the truth really the provocative behavior of Chinese military aircraft as reported by the US Indo-Pacific Command and Western media? Of course, no. On December 31, Air Force Colonel Tian Junli, spokesman for China's Southern Theater Command, stated that on December 21, a U.S. RC-135 aircraft deliberately approached for reconnaissance on the coast of South China and the Xisha Islands in Hainan, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Southern Theater Command organized air forces to track and monitor it throughout the entire process. For those U.S. reconnaissance aircraft that have not invaded my country's territorial waters and airspace, it is the most common way for us to send fighter planes to track and monitor them throughout the entire process. This also puts pressure on the other side and forces them to leave my country's offshore areas as soon as possible.

However, as the United States has the most powerful military power in the world, it does not expect us to do anything to it, so it is a bit emboldened. The Sino-US plane collision in the South China Sea in 2001 was caused by the sudden turn of the US reconnaissance plane, which caused the Chinese fighter planes tracking and monitoring to fail to avoid it in time and collided. This time, the U.S. military aircraft seemed to be repeating its old tricks. Regardless of China's repeated warnings, it suddenly changed its flight attitude and squeezed the Chinese tracking and surveillance aircraft to the left, making a dangerous approach, seriously affecting the flight safety of the Chinese military aircraft. Colonel Tian Junli emphasized that the behavior of the US reconnaissance aircraft seriously violated the "China-US Code of Conduct for Safe Sea and Air Encounters" and also seriously violated relevant international laws and international practices.

At that time, the closest distance between the two Chinese and American military aircraft was only 6 meters. For high-speed flying fighters, this distance can be said to be quite dangerous. A slight mistake will cause the two military aircraft to collide. In the face of the provocative behavior of the US military aircraft, the Chinese fighter pilots handled the situation in accordance with the law and regulations, and operated professionally and standardizedly, thereby avoiding a close collision between the two fighter planes and a collision incident. This is a responsible attitude towards regional security and the safety of frontline personnel.

US military reconnaissance aircraft arrived at the coast of South China and the Xisha Islands in Hainan to conduct reconnaissance operations, and made provocative actions against Chinese military aircraft. This crisis incident was clearly caused by the US provocation first, but the US responded by slandering the Chinese military aircraft pilots for conducting "unsafe maneuvers", and the Western media followed suit. This is the West's public opinion offensive, giving the blame to itself and blaming the fault on China. China promptly released relevant videos and revealed the truth, which dealt a blow to the West's false public opinion offensive.

In recent years, the United States has conducted extremely frequent close-in reconnaissance activities in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. Faced with the provocative behavior of the United States, we have already had a response plan. Tracking and monitoring US reconnaissance aircraft throughout the entire process, intercepting and driving them away is one of the important ways of dealing with them. I believe in our fighter pilots. They are all well-trained defenders of the motherland. Whenever they face external provocation or invasion, they are warriors on the front line. They will defend our national interests with their lives and drive the invaders away from our waters.