The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force have long been tasked with monitoring the movements of Chinese and Russian surface ships and air fighters, which has earned the Japanese Self-Defense Force the nickname "Imperial Photographer". The Japanese Ministry of Defense's Integrated Staff Supervision Department will disclose a lot of information on its social media about the interception of PLA or Russian military aircraft almost every day, but not necessarily every interception will be released with clear photos. In the past, most of the models illustrated by the Japanese side were F-2 fighters and F-15 fighters, and on April 25, the Japanese side rarely appeared in the picture of the F-35A stealth fighter. At present, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has been equipped with a batch of F-35A stealth fighters from the United States, and does the appearance of F-35A in the picture mean that the F-35 stealth fighters have carried out combat readiness missions to intercept Russian military aircraft in the Sea of Japan?
Judging from the deployment of the Air Self-Defense Force, the F-35 stealth fighter is stationed at the Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, and the Misawa base is very close to the Sea of Japan and Russia, and many NATO countries have used F-35 stealth fighters to intercept Russian military aircraft in the past, so the war research believes that the picture of the Ministry of Defense is very likely to imply that Japan has begun to use F-35A stealth fighters to intercept the Russian army, although many of the fourth-generation aircraft in active service in the Russian army, especially the old Soviet-era fighters are not the opponents of the F-35A stealth fighters at all, but the war research believes that Russia probably wants to see the F-35A intensively dispatchedOn the one hand, fifth-generation aircraft pilots need to conduct a lot of training, and the continuous sorties of F-35A can squeeze training time, and on the other hand, the take-off and landing cost of F-35A stealth fighters is very high, so that Russia can also achieve the purpose of consuming Japan.
In today's Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russia is fighting a war of attrition with Ukraine and the entire NATO, which has actually proved that Russia's war of attrition is very effective. The United States has carried out a large number of artillery shells and various weapons for this purpose, the 155 mm caliber howitzer consumed on the battlefield in Ukraine is almost all the production capacity of NATO and the United States, in addition, Ukraine is also eyeing the F-16 fighter of the Danish Air Force after taking a fancy to the F-16 fighter jet, if NATO is really willing to provide F-16 fighters, then I am afraid that Russia will also be able to make the F-16 fighter inventory decline rapidly.
Judging from the situation of the battlefield, the possibility of a direct air battle between the F-35 stealth fighter and the Russian army is not large, and in this state, Russia's task is to squeeze the life of the F-35 stealth fighter and the daily training expenses of the surrounding opponents, of course, Russia's approach is not only beneficial to its own country, but also a strong support for China's behavior, after all, the F-35 stealth fighter is also a strong opponent that cannot be underestimated for China, and after the F-35 stealth fighter is constantly consumed, China can also laugh and say nothing。
Recently, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force just had an SH-60K Sea Hawk helicopter mid-air collision accident, the Japanese side blamed the cause of the accident because the intensive actions of the People's Liberation Army squeezed the training time of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force pilots, so it led to the emergence of the air collision incident, and the F-35 stealth fighter has been used to intercept Russian military aircraft, so the war research believes that in the future, if the F-35 is not enough training time, will there be a series of accidents? If there is an accident with the F-35 stealth fighter, it will be a very big disaster for Japan, which has already suffered the battle damage of an F-35 stealth fighter, and the wreckage of the F-35 stealth fighter that crashed into the sea has never been successfully salvaged ashore. Text/Iris