Regardless of the official attitude, in any case, the domestic civilian level is very interested in the matter of "fishing for the F35C carrier-based aircraft", especially the military enthusiast group, and has begun to imagine the benefits after the successful salvage. In fact, the Chinese people are completely right, if China can really fish for an F35C from the seabed, the value to China will definitely exceed the imagination of many people. As the world's only superpower, the United States itself is well versed in this way, stealing and salvaging the military equipment of other countries, and the United States is more active than anyone. The K129 conventionally powered missile submarine incident in the former Soviet Union is typical.
This happened in early March 1968, when the U.S. surveillance station at Pearl Harbor Naval Base first discovered that they were monitoring and tracking a former Soviet submarine, and after hearing three muffled noises, the United States quickly determined that something had happened to the Soviet submarine. It is also true that the K129, a G-Class II conventionally powered submarine that was on a mission in the former Soviet Union at the time, was accidentally sunk. At that time, the nuclear submarine technology was not very mature, this class of submarines was already one of the most important weapons of the former Soviet Union to deter the United States, and even throughout the 1960s, it was one of the most advanced submarines in the former Soviet Union. The K129 submarine also carried three SS-N-5 ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads and two nuclear torpedoes. For the United States, this matter is tantamount to a happy fall from the sky, the United States immediately launched a search operation, and finally found it, but it was in the deep sea of more than 5,000 meters. The former Soviet Union, on the other hand, obviously will not let the United States salvage at will. As a result, a "dark war" between the United States and the Soviet Union began.
The Americans were smart enough to know that the intelligence-gathering capabilities of the former Soviet Union would inevitably provoke confrontation if the United States salvaged with great fanfare, so the CIA resolutely refused the participation of the U.S. Navy and found a rich man to help. This rich man later became a hero of the United States, and the rich hero "Iron Man" in the American Marvel comics was created based on him.
The operation was code-named "Jennifer." The operation began with the so-called "development of ocean-going manganese nodules" by companies controlled by the richest Americans. In order to hide its eyes and ears, the United States even openly publicized the "development" of this enterprise. And everything that follows seems logical.
On July 10, 1973, the U.S. "exploration ship" arrived in the waters involved, and the salvage operation began immediately. Although the process was difficult, the United States never gave up, and an accident finally ended the operation. Although the director of the CIA and the then secretary of state of the United States, that is, Kissinger, personally came forward to warn the American media, the former Soviet Union quickly confirmed the news.
While protesting to the United States, the former Soviet Union officially announced that it would "hold an indefinite 'Combat Friendship' exercise in the sea area where the incident occurred, sinking any unrelated vessels." The United States was helpless, and the "Jennifer" operation was forced to terminate. But with the help of previous salvage, the United States did get a lot of first-hand information about the submarines of the former Soviet Union.
Based on this, the latest wreckage of the F35C carrier-based aircraft on the seabed of the South China Sea will certainly be closely watched by the United States at all times. It is very likely that even if the official SALV operation of the United States is over, the United States will resolutely stop other countries from carrying out salvage operations, and even the United States will maintain a high degree of vigilance against the abnormal activities of other countries in the waters involved. After all, even a small fragment may be used to spy on the secrets of the American F35 series fighters.
It can be seen from this that salvaging the F35C may only be the imagination of some people at the private level, and it is really too difficult to operate in practice. According to public information, the F35C suspected crash of the sea, the water depth should not be less than 4000 meters, and the seabed environment is still very complex, the technical difficulty of salvage alone, will not be lower than the above K129 submarine salvage too much.
Moreover, the United States now clearly has sufficient reasons to carry out indefinite salvage in the sea areas involved, and with the strength and especially energy of the Americans, after the United States, it will not be too easy for other countries to find anything, even if it is a small fragment.
Therefore, the latest incident of the US F35C may also be thinking more. The development of Science and Technology in China has never relied on the "joy of heaven", and such a happy event will certainly help, but if it does not, it will not hinder the overall situation. After all, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation still depends on our own efforts.