A military aircraft in the United States was discovered (9th) to participate in a task in the South China Sea the day before yesterday (9th).
Chinese and foreign scholars headquarters in Beijing "South China Sea Strategic Situment Perception" posted satellite images on Twitter yesterday, showing that this MQ-4C sea god reconnaissance aircraft flew from the bus strait from south of Taiwan to the South China Sea.Turned to the northwest to the junction of Guangdong and Fujian Province, and then transferred to the southeast and returned to the Basilica Strait.
The "South China Sea Strategic Situation Awareness" mentioned that this reconnaissance aircraft also conducted reconnaissance against mainland China and said that this was the third time military aircraft flew to the South China Sea this month.
According to the Liberty Times, the MQ-4C sea god reconnaissance aircraft is a high-altitude long-distance drone developed from the RQ-4 "Global Hawk" reconnaissance aircraft, which is mainly responsible for the wide area of maritime surveillance tasks.On the basis of the global eagle, the sea gods reinforced the body and wing structure, and improved the ice removal device and lightning protection system. The above -mentioned enhanced measures allowed the sea god to reduce the height and monitor target vessels or other sea targets in the clouds.
USN MQ-4C #uav , a rising star in confnting close-in reconnaissan CE of #China , WAS Spotted on Another #SouthChinaSea Mission on Jan 9, The 3rd in januray so far. wjaqhhlb "> pic.twitter.com/bdwjaqhhlb
- SCS Probing Initiative (@SCS_PI) January 9, 2021