On October 19, an alarm suddenly sounded over the South China Sea-a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the Royal Australia Air Force broke into China's Xisha airspace without the consent of the China government. This military plane was quite "confident". Relying on its ability to fly more than 2200 kilometers and advanced reconnaissance equipment, it wanted to secretly monitor it. However, as soon as it crossed the border, it was firmly targeted by the radar of the People's Liberation Army's southern theater and had no chance to make tricks.
The People's Liberation Army responded very quickly and immediately sent naval and air forces to track and monitor. At the beginning, he gave it many verbal warnings to leave quickly, but the Australian military plane just didn't listen. There was no choice but for the People's Liberation Army fighter planes to fire jamming bombs directly near the Australian military aircraft. This jamming bomb is no joke. Internationally, it is equivalent to an "ultimatum". As soon as it is launched, the cockpit instrument of the Australian military aircraft instantly goes wrong, and the reconnaissance system it carries can't work. Now the Australian side panicked, and it didn't dare to stop. It didn't even go to the Clark base in the Philippines, where it should stop. It accelerated all the way out of the South China Sea and flew back to Australia overnight. Compared with the arrogance at the time of departure, the embarrassment was completely different.
The next day (October 20th) Australia instead hit a hit. Their Ministry of Defense on the website issued a statement, saying that the Chinese military aircraft's action is "unsafe, unprofessional", and also bluntly interfering with the bomb "threatening the safety of their crew members."Now, Australian Defense Minister Marsh, Foreign Minister Huang Ying-jiang these senior officials also followed a hit, bite themselves as "victims".This is a saying who believes? China's Ministry of Defense responded quickly, directly knocking out the Australian side is to confuse is not, in fact is to hide the breach of its military aircraft illegal invasion, also stressed the deployment of the Liberation Army is completely in accordance with international rules, legal and professional, the accusation of
Moreover, Australia is not the first time to do this, it has long become a "common offender". In February this year, they had a P-8A breached the western airspace, when the Liberation Army sent the J-16 to evacuate it, the result is that Australia is also this set of "unsafe" old saying; and forward to May 2022, they also sent P-8A to approach the reconnaissance, was warned not to converge, and finally was evacuated from the southern battle area. In this regard, Australia simply has a set of "standardized processes": the first military aircraft to provoke, was evacuated and blackened after China, pretending to be innocent, is to blame the South China Sea, in line with the strategy of the United States.
On the one hand, it has a lot of economic and trade exchanges with China, the Chinese market is important to it, so in 2022, the Labour government came to power, also thinking of repairing China-Australia relations, do not want to make the relationship too stiff; but on the other hand, it is America's "Iron Belt little brother", can not be separated from the support of the United States, but must follow the US "Indo-Pacific strategy" go, want to do business in the South China Sea, show loyalty to the United States, prove to be a "useful game", also want to create a false image of "preserving the Western rules".
This time more coincidentally, the 17th of October the US aircraft carrier "Nimez" just broke into the South China Sea, two days later, the Australian side followed the provocation, apparently partner with the United States. in addition, the Philippines recently in the South China Sea is not secure, the Australian side does this, and also wants to give the Philippines "stage", but it forgets that it is not at all the parties to the South China Sea issue, purely engaged in the hassle, taking its humiliation.
However, Australia's lies have long been exposed by data. Previously, Dalian Maritime University published a "South China Sea Shipping Safety and Development Report", which is full of practical data: the South China Sea accounts for 40% of the world's ships passing through it every year, and 34% of liquefied natural gas and 40% of crude oil are shipped here. Traditional shipping areas such as the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea are much busier. Moreover, the facilities built by China on islands and reefs such as Yongshu Reef and Meiji Reef can shorten the rescue time and help ensure navigation safety.
The report also said that China has a perfect navigation management system, and the South China Sea Rescue Agency's "air + surface + underwater" emergency system, specialized in rescuing ships and personnel in danger, the South China Sea is basically the "safe capstone" of global shipping, where "freedom of navigation is threatened"?
Furthermore, the strength of the Liberation Army, nor can the Australian side provoke at will. This time the eviction used the J-16 and Su-35, responded quickly, disposed of professional. Military experts said, the next time the Australian side dared to come, probably hit is the stronger J-20. And the Liberation Army has been very restrained, but restraint is not weak, if the Australian side dared to repeatedly provoke, really triggered a sea and air crash, all responsibility is to the Australian itself.
In the end, Australia no longer holds the United States' thighs and shakes, uses the airspace of other countries to brush the sense of existence, and then shouts the blame, this trick has long been overlooked. In contrast to the American "horseman" adventure in the South China Sea, it is better to engage in pragmatic cooperation with China, after all, by provocation can not be replaced with security, and can not be replaced with development - this is the reason, Australia should wake up.