For a long time, the United States and the Philippines have been colluding to "stumble" China in the South China Sea, and now the PLA has run into the United States after cleaning up the Philippines. Electronic warfare broke out in the South China Sea between China and the United States, and the Philippines has become a "fish in the pond" that has been affected.
Shandong ship
A few days ago, a number of foreign media reported that China and the United States broke out a large-scale electronic warfare in the South China Sea, which lasted for 12 hours, and finally the US warships and aircraft chose to retreat, and China regained control of the electromagnetic control of the relevant sea areas.
It is reported that the Sino-US electronic warfare has caused a complete interruption of GPS signals in the northern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines, including telephone communications and military communications, and the local area has fallen into chaos and disorder.
At present, the domestic media has not officially reported on this matter, but according to the information provided by foreign media, the cause of the electronic warfare is related to the US launch of underwater probes, and the Chinese side has official sources on matters related to the probes.
A few days ago, CCTV released a video of a P8 anti-submarine aircraft from the United States, under the nose of the Chinese Coast Guard, launched an underwater anti-submarine detector in relevant waters of the South China Sea. The Chinese side directly captured and filmed the entire process of the US military launch, and then salvaged it.
After research by the Chinese side, it was found that the relevant equipment was used by the US side to illegally collect information on Chinese submarines, and it could also send jamming signals to submarines, and even endanger the lives of marine life in relevant waters.
Since the Chinese side has discovered the equipment illegally dropped by the United States, it is natural to salvage and study it. However, in the process of salvage, the US side sent ships to block the Chinese side without any position.
Y-9 electronic warfare aircraft
According to reports, after the US warship arrived in the relevant area, the Chinese Shandong ship quickly reinforced and carried out electromagnetic suppression of the US ship. The United States urgently dispatched RC-135 electronic reconnaissance planes and EA-18G "Growler" electronic warfare planes in an attempt to compete with China for electromagnetic control of the relevant waters.
In response to the US move, the Chinese side directly dispatched Y-9 electronic warfare planes, and an electronic warfare confrontation broke out between the two sides. The confrontation lasted a full 12 hours and ended with the withdrawal of US warships and aircraft.
According to satellite pictures, during the time period of electronic warfare mentioned by foreign media, the Shandong ship did appear in the South China Sea and once approached the Philippines, which further proves the participation of the Shandong ship in this electronic warfare.
It can be said that in the current struggle for electromagnetic control, the United States originally wanted to maintain its hegemony in the South China Sea and show its strength to its allies, especially the Philippines, which is close at hand, but it abandoned its armor and fled.
Type 055 destroyer
In this way, it is very likely that China has surpassed the United States in the field of electronic warfare and jumped to the first place in the world. Analysts believe that the reason why China is able to "single-hand" the United States in electronic countermeasures is that the focus is on the power system.
You must know that the use of electromagnetic countermeasures systems and the deployment of warship radars require strong power system support. The PLA's Type 055 and Type 052D destroyers all have excellent power systems.
In contrast, the U.S. military's shipbuilding industry is now highly declining, most of the ships are old, and its old power system cannot achieve long-term, high-energy power supply, and even cannot install advanced phased array radar, let alone electronic countermeasures systems.
For example, the U.S. military's "Zumwalt" class destroyers were originally to be equipped with advanced four-sided phased array radar, but the power supply system could not support the joint operation of the radar system and the warship's propulsion, and in the end it had to give up the radar performance and choose the warship's propulsion efficiency.
U.S. Marine Corps exercises
Recently, the United States has been targeting China militarily, fearing that China will catch up with and surpass the United States militarily and that the United States will not be able to maintain its hegemony. A few days ago, US Marine Corps Commander Smith said that the US military had adjusted its "national defense strategy" as early as six years ago, which mainly emphasized strengthening the US military deterrence against China and defeating China when necessary. He pointed out that China's threats lie on the Taiwan issue and in the South China Sea.
Smith said the Marine Corps is now adjusting to be more mobile and stealthy, while increasing the range, accuracy and lethality of weapons.
Today, the Marine Corps has completely abandoned the tank strategy, because tanks cannot play a role in the confrontation between China and the United States, and the US military is now focusing on long-range firepower such as missiles, cruise missiles, rockets, etc., and drones are also a key development aspect of the United States.
At the same time, the U.S. military will strengthen its military deployment in Japan, including the upgrading of warplanes and amphibious ships for force projection. Indeed, a few days ago, the Pentagon announced that the US Department of Defense has reached an agreement with the Japanese government to upgrade the fighters of many US military bases in Japan in the next few years, and the project will invest more than $10 billion. This move is aimed at strengthening the US-Japan alliance and enhancing regional deterrence.
F-15EX fighter
The statement said that the 36 F-16 fighters currently deployed at the Misawa base will be replaced by 48 F-35A stealth fighters, and the F-15 fighters deployed at the Kadena base will be upgraded to new F-15EX fighters.
It can be seen that the US military is now trying to lay a "net of heaven and earth" around China and is trying to continue its own "hegemonism" for many years.