On the 3rd of this month, the United States urgently convened Japan, India, and Australia to hold a meeting of the "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue," the main thrust of which is the so-called prevention of the impact of the European situation on the Indo-Pacific situation, especially on the so-called China Strait issue; and after this four-way security dialogue, Japan and Australia have spoken to our side one after another, claiming that they will not allow changes in the Strait, that Australian military aircraft have frequently begun to enter the airspace of the East China Sea to carry out reconnaissance activities, and that the United States and Japan have frequently carried out joint military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region to demonstrate strategic deterrence.
Just on the 8th of this month, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force conducted an electronic warfare combat exercise near the Ryukyu Island, and the Japanese side dispatched many special aircraft, including the Hachino aviation base in Aoyama Prefecture in the northern part of Honshu Island, the P-8C patrol aircraft responsible for submarine surveillance, the OP-3C image information collection aircraft, the UP-3D radio jammer, and many other special aircraft located at the Iwakoku Aviation Base in Yamaguchi Prefecture near the Tsushima Strait at the western end of Honshu Island. The aviation unit dispatched EA-18D electronic warfare aircraft from Misawa Base; the two sides conducted joint electronic warfare exercises in the airspace from the Japanese mainland to the Ryukyu Islands, the first island chain.
In fact, at present, the Japanese side has positioned space, network, electromagnetic and other fields as new areas of security and security that need to strengthen defense capabilities; in addition, with the recent expansion of the United States' military aircraft activities in the East China Sea, the corresponding electronic confrontation in the region (around the East Sea, Miyako Strait and Ryukyu Islands) has begun to intensify; more crucially, the United States and Japan have regarded the Miyako Strait as an important channel for launching assistance operations against the Strait on a par with the Bashi Strait. Therefore, in addition to strengthening their respective electronic warfare capabilities in the region, the United States and Japan are also conducting integration and actual combat joint exercises on both sides, such as joint electronic warfare exercises of similar scale in the region in September and November last year, respectively, to ensure their own electronic countermeasures reconnaissance capabilities around the first island chain. Electronic jamming capabilities and electronic defense capabilities are superior, which in turn ensures the security of passages in the Miyako Strait area during the rescue operation.
In mid-February, the United States dispatched four B-52 strategic bombers from the 96th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron and 220 over-equipped strategic bomber crews of various types, including pilots and bombardiers, to Guam In fact, the joint long-range raid exercise of strategic bombers carrying anti-ship missiles is more threatening than the actual electronic warfare exercises of the two sides -- the B-52's intensive air patrol in the East China Sea, the Strait, the South China Sea, and other seas is aimed at familiarizing more bomber crews with the joint combat status, battlefield environment, and attack routes in the Indo-Pacific region. It is necessary to be proficient in the attack route and the return route of attacking targets in the region, and to practice multiple sets of plans, and to focus on all-round military operations, so that they can quickly dispatch and carry out combat tasks in the region at any time.
For example, the US Air Force and Marine Corps fighters stationed in the first island chain (Japan and the Ryukyu Islands), as well as the fighters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, are playing the coordinated work of escorting strategic bombers to long-range attacks, providing cover for attacks, and collecting intelligence on targets; in short, the United States and Japan are increasingly showing the posture of joining hands to get involved in the issue of our Strait, and are actively paving the way for this.