The SH-60K anti-submarine helicopter equipped by Japan is an anti-submarine helicopter with outstanding anti-submarine performance that is improved from the export Japanese version of the SH-60J developed by the American Sikorsky Aircraft Company in the seventies of the last century, this helicopter is relatively large, and can install a large number of various types of anti-submarine design for anti-submarine operations in the open sea, and is an important part of the anti-submarine power of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force。
In recent years, with the development of China's naval strength, "going to the deep blue" is no longer a slogan, but an ongoing expression. Our army has repeatedly passed through the Miyako Strait and other important waterways before leaving the Western Pacific, which makes the Japanese side very "unaccustomed". As a result, Japan is recently conducting a naval exercise, which includes searching for and dealing with the PLA's powerful and mysterious "underwater fleet". As a result, perhaps what the Japanese side did not expect was that during the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's exercise to search for submarines, two SH-60K helicopters equipped with the Sea of Japan crashed in succession within an hour, which undoubtedly cast a shadow on the exercise in the Sea of Japan.
The successive crashes of two helicopters of the same type in a short period of time cannot be seen as accidental, but most likely a serious design flaw or technical failure. Considering the number of equipment of this type of helicopter in the Sea of Japan, the author believes that it is very likely that this type of helicopter will be grounded in the Sea of Japan for a period of time after this incident, and will not resume flying until the cause of the accident is investigated.
In addition, the relevant departments of the US military are also expected to have a headache about this, because on the one hand, most of the Japanese helicopters actually use American technology, and the US military itself is equipped with a lot of such helicopters. In addition, the Sea of Japan has always been known as "an antisubmarine group under the US Seventh Fleet," and the US Navy's Seventh Fleet's antisubmarine work is basically "outsourced" to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
After this incident, many people in Japan tried to blame the PLA for the incident. However, not long ago, the chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force publicly made it clear that the incident was a simple accident and that "it has nothing to do with other countries." It can be seen that this way of shirking responsibility is also very absurd. In the author's opinion, in recent years, in disregard of the fact that its economy and population have been growing steadily year after year, Japan has blindly and wantonly developed its military strength in order to follow the United States, which can be called a veritable "reckless use of force." Its frequent participation in US military exercises and military operations for many years has long ago "overwhelmed" the personnel and equipment of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
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