According to public information from relevant departments, on the evening of 16 April, Chinese Defense Minister General Dong Jun had a telephone call with US Secretary of Defense Austin via video link. This has also been confirmed by the Pentagon spokesman for the US Department of Defense, Major General Pat Ryder. In addition, the Ministry of Defense of the Mainland has also made the matter public on relevant platforms.
It is worth noting that this phone call is the first phone call between the defense ministers of China and the United States, two major countries with important global influence, in nearly 17 months. This undoubtedly means that at a time when China and the United States are at loggerheads, the relevant parties of the two countries can finally start dialogue and exchanges in the field of national defense, which is not only a good thing for China and the United States, but also a great benefit to promoting world peace.
According to the relevant information that has been made public so far, the Chinese defense minister specifically mentioned the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea in the phone call between the Chinese and US defense ministers, which are also the two areas where the United States is provoking China at the moment. The Chinese side stressed that Taiwan-related matters are undoubtedly the core interests of the mainland and must not be damaged. In addition, on matters related to the South China Sea, the Chinese side also proposed that the United States should respect the mainland's sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea.
It can be seen that our side's statement is reasonable, advantageous, and modest, showing both our attitude and our position, and indeed has the style of a general. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has mentioned the so-called "freedom of navigation" and related matters between Russia and Ukraine. At present, the phone call between the Chinese and US defense ministers is quite a bit of "each side expressing its own opinions". But in any case, the fact that the two countries were able to start communicating is a good thing in itself, after all, it is much better to be able to talk than not to talk. The general analysis of the outside world believes that the phone call between the Chinese and US defense ministers may be a beginning and an opportunity for China and the United States to start defense exchanges and promote mutual trust in the future.
However, what people never expected was that at a time when all sides were discussing the positive significance of the phone call between the Chinese and US defense ministers, the United States made an indignant and provocative move, which brought about a certain degree of uncertainty about the possibility of a defense dialogue that China and the United States had just begun, and this incident once again illustrated the sinister nature of the United States in going back on its word.
According to public information from relevant parties, it was only a few hours after the phone call between the Chinese and US defense ministers. The US Navy once again dispatched a P-8A antisubmarine patrol plane with very advanced performance to take off from a US military base in the Ryukyus and brazenly force its passage through the Taiwan Strait from north to south!
The P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft is called an "anti-submarine aircraft", and in fact its functions are much more than "anti-submarine". According to information from relevant parties, the performance of this anti-submarine patrol aircraft is very advanced and the capabilities are very diverse. It is said that this type of aircraft is equipped with advanced APY-10 multi-mission surface search radar developed by American scientific research institutions, as well as AN/ALQ-240 electronic support measures suite and AN/APS-154 advanced airborne sensors and other advanced airborne equipment, capable of tracking up to 256 targets at the same time, and this model of aircraft also has a strong mapping and reconnaissance capabilities, as long as the P8A flies over, then the vast majority of targets and terrain data in the area will be intercepted. It can be seen that this P-8A patrol aircraft is a multi-purpose patrol aircraft that integrates intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance functions!
On the one hand, the US military is undoubtedly "responding" to US Secretary of Defense Austin's inappropriate remarks about the so-called "freedom of navigation." On the other hand, the US military dispatched such an advanced plane to the Taiwan Strait with the obvious intention of taking the opportunity to spy on the coastal areas of the mainland of our motherland! To sum up, it can be seen that this move by the United States can be called a great condemnation of the whole world, and it is really very crazy!
The Eastern Theater has already made an open statement on this matter, saying that our military has organized fighter planes to "follow up and monitor the US planes and deal with them in accordance with laws and regulations"! The troops of the Eastern Theater "always maintain a high degree of vigilance and resolutely defend national sovereignty, security, and regional peace and stability"!
It can be seen that our powerful air force units have taken forceful action and carried out powerful countermeasures against US planes! I believe that under the "follow-up and vigilance" of our fighter units in the eastern theater throughout the whole process, US planes will not be able to find any loopholes to exploit even if they want to make some "small moves"! Therefore, we have reason to believe that under the strong countermeasures of our army, the conspiracy of the Americans has completely failed! Our fighters have resolutely countered and successfully safeguarded the sacred sovereignty and dignity of the motherland and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the US military.
Through this incident, the author believes that with regard to the United States, on the one hand, we must uphold the attitude of being willing to communicate with the United States and resolve contradictions and differences in a peaceful way; on the other hand, we must also be ready at any time to deal with the crazy provocations of the United States! Only under the idea of "grasping with both hands and being firm with both hands" can our side remain invincible in the confrontation with the United States!