On May 6, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles publicly denounced the "unprofessionalism" of the Chinese Air Force. On 4 May, the Australian destroyer Hobart arrived in the Yellow Sea with a Sea Hawk helicopter.
At that time, the "Sea Hawk" flew almost close to the sea, trying to evade Chinese radar monitoring in this way. However, the conspiracy of the Australian army did not succeed, and the Chinese still discovered their traces and immediately sent J-10 fighters to warn them to leave.
At that time, the J-10 dropped an infrared jamming bomb directly about 300 meters in front of the "Sea Hawk" and about 60 meters above it. The situation was so critical that the Australian helicopter was almost shot down. However, because the Australian Air Force carried out emergency evasion at that time, it was able to avoid being shot down.
Regarding the Chinese Air Force's firing of infrared jamming bombs, the Australian side directly condemned that this behavior is "too unsafe, too unprofessional, very serious, and completely unacceptable".
Although the Australian army was very angry, our side did not apologize or make other statements, because it was not our fault for this incident. The bandit logic of the Australian army coming to China's doorstep to provoke and not allowing us to react is exactly the same as that of the United States, no wonder Australia and the United States can become allies.
The Australian side ignored the voice and movement warnings of the Chinese Air Force and was attacked by jamming bombs
Unlike other straits, the Yellow Sea is a semi-enclosed inland sea held by China, North and South Korea. In terms of international maritime area division, the three countries are connected by exclusive economic zones in the Yellow Sea, but China has the most and North Korea has the least. In general, the Yellow Sea is so small that there is basically no area for the open sea.
Although the Australian military later stated that it was implementing the United Nations sanctions against North Korea, and it was not close to China's doorstep, all actions were on the high seas, and there was no misconduct. But because the Yellow Sea itself is relatively special, there is basically no high sea. Moreover, the trajectory of the Australian army is on China's doorstep, so it is normal to be driven away.
China's approach to foreign aircraft is generally divided into four steps, the first is to get close and voice warning, if the other side does not listen, it is an action warning, that is, through the military aircraft and military aircraft "face-to-face" approach to let the other side take the initiative to leave.
If this is not good, the next step is to launch infrared jamming bombs, and finally the fire control radar locks on, and then fires.
Judging from the fact that the J-10 launched the jamming bomb this time, it should have been useless to have voice warnings and action warnings at that time, and the Chinese Air Force would launch jamming bombs. Not to mention that it was not shot down this time, even if it was shot down, it was purely deserved by the Australian army, after all, it was the Australian army that was disobedient first.
It is said that the bear child will be beaten before he is obedient, and this is the case with the Australian army. In the past, when the US military flew a fighter plane into the mainland's airspace without authorization, the Chinese Air Force would give a warning if the voice warning was fruitless, and the US military ran away in disgrace, and it was not surprising that the Australian army chose to fight the J-10 to the end.
China is not targeting Australia, and any foreign warplanes that violate China's airspace will be driven away, without exception
Obviously, it was the Australian military that ran into China's territorial airspace without authorization to provoke it, and afterwards packaged itself as a victim and condemned China's act of firing jamming bombs, which has seriously threatened the safety of fighters and pilots, which is a very unprofessional act that the Australian side cannot accept.
Regardless of whether the Australian side accepts it or not, it is understandable for China to defend the dignity of its airspace. No matter where you put this point, you can't find fault with the Chinese side, who told you not to wait for Oceania, but to come to the Yellow Sea across the ocean to find China's business?
In fact, this kind of thing has happened more than once, in 2022, the Australian Air Force flew the P-8A to trespass into the territorial airspace of the mainland, and was finally launched by the Chinese Air Force with jamming bombs and a large number of aluminum foils, resulting in serious damage to the body, and the engine also failed due to inhaling a large number of aluminum foils, so he could only flee in a hurry to prevent himself from being shot down.
In 2023, the Australian frigate "Toowoomba" entered the East China Sea and was targeted and irradiated by the Chinese destroyer "Ningbo" with pulse sonar. However, in fact, all the operations of the Chinese side at that time were in accordance with laws and regulations, and there was no impropriety, and there were no casualties.
Have you noticed that Australia's routine is the same as the Philippines' recent routine, which is to stir up trouble first, and then try to win international sympathy as a victim and use international public opinion to put pressure on China?
However, this routine is not useful to the Chinese side, because all our actions are based on safeguarding national sovereignty and dignity, and this cannot be shaken.
What's more, we did not target Australia, like Canada previously sent CP-140 maritime anti-submarine patrol aircraft to try to force their way into the Diaoyu Islands, but they were also driven away.
Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, the United States, and other countries have unceremoniously driven out all illegal incursions into China's airspace and territorial waters.
If Australia does not want the fighter plane to be shot down, the best thing to do is not to provoke the Chinese side again, otherwise the Chinese side will turn on the fire control radar lock next time, and the end of the Australian fighter and pilot can be imagined at that time.
China does not want to come to this point with Australia, so I advise the Australian side to stop doing stupid things, and any behavior that undermines China's sovereignty and dignity will definitely pay the price!