relies on the world's most powerful naval and air combat power, especially its global deployment capabilities. U.S. warships and planes often use the banner of the so-called "freedom of navigation" to "rampage" over the oceans and skies around the world. Relevant countries expressed their intent to deter and at the same time completed provocative strategic reconnaissance missions. But this time, the U.S. RC-135 strategic reconnaissance plane headed to the South China Sea encountered a hard nail...
A statement issued by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued a statement this week, The content shows that at the end of this month, a J-11 fighter jet of the Chinese Navy Air Force approached a RC-135 reconnaissance plane of the US military in a so-called "unsafe manner", and the incident happened over South China Sea . J-11 once approached to only 20 feet away from the US aircraft, which forced RC-135 to make urgent evasive actions to prevent mid-air collision. At the end of the statement, the U.S. 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 countries will use international airspace in a safe and law-abiding manner." In short, these few words are still the American way of "standing up again".
RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft is a "frequent flyer" in the sky over the South China Sea.
20 feet, converted into a more familiar length unit, is less than 6.1 meters, which is definitely enough to make the heartbeat of any pilot in the world speed up. You know, both the J-11 fighter jet and the RC-135 strategic reconnaissance plane are jet fighters, and the two jet planes flying at high speed in the air are only 6 meters apart. Shaking, even if both sides firmly control the joystick, as long as a small horizontal airflow cuts through, it is enough for the two machines to collide directly.
J-11 fighter
of the PLA Naval Air Force From this perspective, the boldness of the pilots of the fighter of the PLA is undoubtedly amazing. This kind of mastery of equipment and good flying skills also makes people full of respect . At the same time, it should be noted that since the J-11 is only 6 meters away from the RC-135, it clearly shows that the US military reconnaissance plane is "extremely close" to China's airspace, and it is only a short step away from breaking into China's airspace. up. Under such circumstances, the pilots of the People's Liberation Army showed the world what a "city wall guarding the country's gate" is by "doing not hesitate to collide in the air". This move is more vicious than firing warnings.
The pilots of the People's Liberation Army are bold and skilled
However, although the J-11's "close pressing" on the US aircraft this time is enough to make the US pilots feel nervous, but in terms of technology and flight, in fact, we are very close to the US fighter jets. Still quite "polite". Judging from the video released by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the J-11 was only flying side by side and obliquely in front of the U.S. aircraft, and displayed the air-to-air missiles and live ammunition it carried at a very close range, thereby forcing the RC-135 Changed the flight direction and left the sky over the South China Sea. If we are a little more "ruthless", we can do things more absolutely without firing.
The operation of the aviation engine requires continuous inhalation of oxygen
For example, the J-11 can surpass the US military aircraft and fly directly in front of it in a close range. As a result, the four engines of the RC-135 are likely to reduce power output due to insufficient air intake, uncontrolled speed and altitude drops, and even the risk of engine air parking . The reason is simple. During the operation of the aeroengine, it needs to inhale a large amount of air to maintain the work of the engine combustion chamber with enough oxygen and continue to generate thrust.
Insufficient air intake caused the U.S. fighter planes to stop in the air
And if there is another plane flying at close range directly in front of it, the aircraft in front of it will emit exhaust gas mainly composed of hydrocarbons , the oxygen content very low. As a result, the aeroengine of the rear aircraft 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 game of great powers in peacetime will basically follow the principle of "until it is absolutely necessary, do not take the initiative to fire"principle, but the actions of the J-11 fighter jets still show that the People's Liberation Army will not hesitate to fight to fight in order to defend the integrity of the country's territorial integrity. Facing the provocation of the US fighter jets, we have enough means to let them experience "horrible moments".
