The US military has deployed a large number of fighters at the Kadena base in Okinawa, the first island chain, and these fighters include F-15 fighters and F-35 stealth fighters that can be used in air combat, as well as a large number of reconnaissance planes and planes related to electronic warfare operations. Some time ago, the US military did deploy a large number of EP-3E electronic reconnaissance planes at the Kadena base, and these EP-3E electronic reconnaissance planes are also regarded as aircraft capable of carrying out electronic combat missions, and the EP-3E electronic reconnaissance planes are a type of electronic reconnaissance aircraft developed on the basis of the P-3C antisubmarine patrol plane, and this type of electronic reconnaissance plane is already quite old; according to the information obtained by the war research institute, the P-3C and EP-3E electronic reconnaissance planes are no longer visible at the Kadena base, and more P-8A anti-submarine patrol planes are carrying out operationsThe P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft, after being equipped with the APS-154 advanced air sensor, can even shoulder the role of the previous E-8C battlefield surveillance aircraft.
Since the P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft has become an all-rounder for reconnaissance, the US military has also eliminated a large number of old aircraft, and on the tarmac of Kadena, almost all anti-submarine patrol planes are being deployed, and of course, there are also electronic warfare planes from American mercenary companies. Recently, a screenshot from the meteorological department has been circulating on social media, which shows that on December 12, there was a rather complex combination of reflected waves in the Taiwan Strait, and this reflected wave is also considered to be medium and medium. There are rumors that the electronic countermeasures include the PLA's Y-8G long-range jammer and the US military's EP-3E electronic reconnaissance plane, but on 12 December, the Kadena base did not take off the EP-3E electronic reconnaissance plane at all.
In fact, the EP-3E electronic reconnaissance aircraft has long left the Kadena base, but at present, the Kadena base still has a small number of electronic warfare aircraft, including the E/A-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft from the US Navy, these E/A-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft are also capable of performing electronic warfare missions, although it is only a naval carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft, but it is also currently carrying out high-intensity operations at land-based bases, from the time point of radar echo and E/ In terms of the take-off and landing time of the A-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, the take-off and landing time of the E/A-18G Roaring electronic warfare aircraft also does not match the time of abnormal echoes on the radar.
In fact, screenshots of abnormal reflected waves of such meteorological departments have appeared 1~2 years ago, and screenshots of this abnormal reflected wave have also been intercepted by the meteorological department of Taiwan Island. The United States did not have an electronic confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, and even the EP-3E electronic reconnaissance plane was not deployed at the Kadena base, but according to a report by Taiwan's defense department, the sounding balloon from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had crossed the Taiwan Strait and was heading for operations in the far seas of the western Pacific.
Judging from the many information reported by Taiwan's defense department in the past period, Taiwan's defense department has mainly updated the actions of various PLA fighters, but now Taiwan has updated the flight trajectory of sounding balloons, and Taiwan's defense department pointed out that two sounding balloons flew close to the airspace north of Taiwan Island and crossed the Taiwan Strait and directly entered the far waters of the western Pacific to carry out operations. Text/Iris