NASA has a wide range of operations, NASA not only had F-15 fighters during the Cold War, but also SR-71 Blackbird high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, so it is no secret that NASA and the US military have close cooperation. The SR-71 used to be the fastest aircraft in the world and has been engaged in swaggering reconnaissance operations for a long time, because for a long time its speed could not even catch up with missiles, so it dared to blatantly engage in intelligence gathering. Now the US military has retired the SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, and the SR-71 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has also been decommissioned.
Recently, the Taiwan media released news announcing the activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) special aircraft on the island, and the United States used two special planes to carry out the so-called air data collection mission on the island, but during this period, they conducted frequent take-off and landing training at multiple airports, which was obviously an action that had nothing to do with the collection of atmospheric data. It is very strange that NASA used an atmospheric data collection platform to operate on Taiwan Island, and it was discovered that special planes were "squatting and landing" at airports including Chiayi and Tainan, which once again aroused the attention of the outside world. NASA's use of special aircraft to enter Taiwan is very likely to be a trick played by the US military, because through large-scale flights, all kinds of data can be collected from Taiwan's airports, so as to provide support for follow-up operations.
The U.S. military often uses civilian aircraft to engage in military activities, including the use of mercenary companies' electronic reconnaissance planes to spy on intelligence on China's doorstep, in an attempt to conceal its military objectives. In fact, NASA's atmospheric data collection platform this time is also through the civilian model of the aircraft, in which the platform numbered NASA817 is modified from the DC-8 aircraft, and the platform numbered NASA520 is modified by the business aircraft. According to ADS-B signal data, NASA's special aircraft took off from Angel City Airport at Clark Base in the Philippines and entered the airspace of Taiwan Island.
When the US military carries out various types of weapon projection, it needs to consider various indicators of the atmosphere, so through the platform of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, it can collect atmospheric data around Taiwan Island, which is obviously a "precautionary" action of the US military. Just as submarines enter combat cruises in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy often uses acoustic survey vessels to map the seabed of the South China Sea, so as to formulate submarine routes for submarine activities. Previously, a Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine of the US Navy hit a mountain in the South China Sea, which made the US Navy very embarrassed, and then a US atmospheric reconnaissance aircraft platform entered the airspace of the South China Sea to try to detect whether there was a nuclear leakage problem.
According to the announcement issued by the defense department of Taiwan Island, when the special aircraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was operating in the airspace south of Taiwan Island, the PLA fighter planes were already approaching the airspace of 58 nautical miles. In response to the aggressive posture of the United States, the Eastern Theater of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has shown its sword through regular patrols of Taiwan, which is a language that the United States understands.