The US is pressing China in the sky and at sea.
On the 22nd, the US Air Force’s electronic warfare reconnaissance aircraft, the RC-135U Combat, flew 25.33 nautical miles (about 47 km) off the coast of China, SCSPI, a Chinese think tank, claimed. SCSPI
The South China Sea strategic posture detection plan (South China Sea), a think tank of Beijing University in China, was announced on the 22nd. Twitteron The RC-135U Combatcent, an electronic warfare reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force, flew over the Taiwan Strait and reached 25.33 nautical miles (about 47 km) on the coast of China.Said. This place was not the territorial waters of China, but the high seas.
However, the SCSPI stressed that it was the closest U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft revealed by public information to mainland China. Warzone, an online media specializing in the US military, says US military reconnaissance aircraft can reach as far as 20 nautical miles (about 37 km) from the enemy coast by regulations, but for safety reasons. It is common to fly outside 40 nautical miles (about 74 km).It is called.
The RC-135U is a reconnaissance aircraft owned by only two of the US Air Force. It is in charge of reconnaissance of enemy radars and air defense networks.
The RC-135U Combatcent, an electronic warfare reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force. US Air Force
SCSPI also added that the P-8 Poseidon, the US Navy’s maritime patrol aircraft, and the EP-3 Aris, an electronic warfare reconnaissance aircraft, were captured in the South China Sea. These U.S. reconnaissance aircraft appear to have been used in a recent operation to collect information about the Chinese Navy’s maritime exercises.
AP is for fiscal year 2020 (October 2019-September last year) The U.S. Navy has carried out 10 navigational freedom operations in the South China Sea.Reported. In the 2019 fiscal year (October 2018 to September 2019), there were eight times. 10 times The highest number based on the South China Sea in the last 14 yearsThe AP explained.
The South China Sea is a sea with many islands where China is in disputes with Southeast Asian countries. In the sense of denying China’s sovereignty, the U.S. Navy is conducting a free operation of navigation by sending battleships here.
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