Source: Privy Council No. 10
The Taiwan military claims that various types of anti-submarine helicopters of the Platon Army have recently entered the so-called "Southwest Air Defense Identification Zone" of Taiwan, thus speculating that "the PLA attaches great importance to underwater" and that "future underwater warfare will determine the future development of the Taiwan Strait."
According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency" reported on the 23rd, the Taiwan military released a dynamic on the evening of the 23rd, saying that 5 PLA military aircraft, including 4 J-16 fighters and a Ka-28 anti-submarine helicopter, entered the so-called Taiwan "Southwest Air Defense Identification Zone." Taiwan's Air Force dispatched air patrols to respond.
The report paid particular attention to the movement of anti-submarine helicopters, claiming that the Pla's Ka-28 anti-submarine helicopters appeared in the northeast of the Dongsha Islands. And in addition to the appearance of the Ka-28 anti-submarine helicopter on the 23rd, there were also anti-submarine helicopters on the previous 21st, and the model was straight-9.
PLA Ka-28 anti-submarine helicopter (data map)
Taiwan media claimed that the Ka-28 anti-submarine helicopter that entered Taiwan's "Southwest Air Defense Identification Zone" this time is an export type of the former Soviet Navy's Ka-27 carrier-based anti-submarine helicopter, known as the "anti-submarine Condor", and is mainly carried on the 054A missile frigate.
The report also said that the PLA Z-9 anti-submarine aircraft that appeared on the 21st is a general-purpose helicopter that has been in service since 1994, and has been used by the PLA Army Aviation, Naval Aviation and pakistani army, which can perform multiple tasks such as transportation, reconnaissance, attack and anti-submarine, while the anti-submarine configuration of the Z-9C can take off and land on warships.
Pictures of the Z-9 helicopter released by the Taiwan military.
Taiwan's "Central News Agency" reported that a number of scholars on the island said that anti-submarine helicopters frequently appear in the waters around Taiwan, which can be speculated that the PLA attaches great importance to underwater, highlighting that future underwater warfare will determine the future development of the Taiwan Strait, and the Bashi Strait is a "submarine corridor" and is a place where soldiers must fight, and the PLA strengthens and operates the southwest region through this move.
In fact, the analysis of the so-called scholars on the island is more likely to be the view of the Taiwan military -- the Taiwan military should strengthen anti-submarine warfare and compete for sea supremacy.
A few days ago, the Taiwan Navy fleet just completed "lean training, and then it carried out the "sea strength exercise."
Taiwan's naval command also released a "propaganda film" on Facebook - "10,000-ton warships traveling through the waves" and "anti-submarine helicopters carry out take-off and landing ship subjects", and also said that "the navy's sea-controlled combat capabilities are fully demonstrated, and the scene is shocking."
Taiwan military anti-submarine helicopters implement the subject of take-off and landing ships
The footage released by the Taiwan Naval Command showed that the warships participating in the exercise included Keelung-class destroyers, Kangding-class cruisers, Jiyang-class cruisers, and Chenggong-class cruisers.
Since the view of the picture is treated in a top-down manner, the position of the photographer is located in an aircraft, which may be an empty S-70C (M) anti-submarine helicopter or even a P-3C anti-submarine aircraft.
Taiwan media claim that the implication that many ships are launched at sea and that the Taiwan military has a strong maritime force is self-evident. In particular, the subjects of the exercise covered the subjects such as "anti-submarine helicopter take-off and landing ship" and "damage pipe firefighting". The former is due to the continuous movement of warships, relatively static and different when stationed in port in peacetime, the degree of danger is high, but the anti-submarine helicopter is on duty with the ship, which can extend the anti-submarine distance and intensity of the ship or detachment, and further detect (hunt) submarine three-dimensional, in other words, for the navy anti-submarine aviation brigade pilot, taking off and landing the ship is an extremely necessary basic skill; the latter involves the operation of fire marshals on the ship, how to perform damage control tasks such as fire fighting in a narrow cabin, which directly affects the survival probability of the ship in the vast sea, which is very important.
Although the Taiwan military has vigorously exaggerated its "strong combat strength," on the Internet, the discussion of netizens on the island is unceremonious.
Some netizens said that as far as the Taiwan military's "old and antique warships are concerned, don't come out and sacrifice ugly."
Some netizens said that walking through the waves and anti-submarine helicopter take-off and landing ships is to show the combat strength of the sea? These are basic skills, and they have nothing to do with combat strength.