The U.S. Air Force's E-8C vacant aircraft was exposed to the South China Sea on the 5th at the night of the 5th, flying to a position of about 100 kilometers from the Guangdong Coast.This is the first time that the U.S. E-8C aircraft has been discovered at night to approach the coast of mainland China.
According to Global Network, news released by the South China Sea Strategic Situation Planning Planning Platform shows that at 21 pm on the 5th, an E-8C joint monitoring aircraft in the US Air Force appeared again in the South China Sea and flew towards Guangdong.To the position of 59.27 nautical miles (about 109.77 kilometers) along the coast of Guangdong.
This is the first time that the US military E-8C aircraft will be discovered near the coast of Guangdong at night to carry out flight and reconnaissance activities near the coast of Guangdong.In the past July, there have been seven times of E-8C aircraft, which have appeared in the South China Sea and carried out near-reconnaissance in Guangdong Province.The South China Sea Strategic Situation Planning Planning Platform also stated that on the morning of August 5th, a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft also appeared in the airspace near the Basta Strait and flew towards the South China Sea.
The E-8C combined star aircraft equipped by the US Air Force is an open space monitoring aircraft.The full name of this model is a joint surveillance target attack radar system (Jointstars), which is equipped with the most advanced U.S. military -based on -site monitoring, target search and battlefield management system.The machine can detect, identify, and classify the ground target outside the defense area, and pass the data to the rear command post in real time.
