Recently, US military planes circled over the South China Sea and directly threw out "garbage", after which the Chinese coast guard law enforcement ship quickly went to the sea area to salvage.
Judging from the video footage, the US military dispatched a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft this time.
US P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft arrived over the South China Sea
It is reported that the US military P-8A is developed and produced by Boeing, and the original model is Boeing 737-800. It can carry out anti-submarine and anti-surface ships, as well as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance missions, and can drop surveillance sonar buoys.
The so-called sonar buoy is a small expendable sonar buoy that can be dropped from an aircraft or ship for anti-submarine warfare and underwater acoustic research, with a diameter of about 13 centimeters and a length of about 91 centimeters.
This is not the first time that the US military has dropped submarine detectors in mainland waters; in recent years, fishermen have repeatedly salvaged reconnaissance devices secretly dropped by foreign countries in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hainan, and other areas of the mainland.
Coastal fishermen in China
In 2018, 11 fishermen and seven officials in Jiangsu handed over nine suspicious underwater devices to state security authorities, six of which were manufactured abroad.
In 2020, the technical monitoring device that was salvaged and put abroad during the fishing period of Lianyungang fishermen was about as thick as the mouth of the bowl, and the appearance was cylindrical, with a float above and a connecting line below.
After being identified by the relevant departments, it is called an aviation sonar buoy, which is mainly used for anti-submarine helicopters and anti-submarine patrol aircraft.
In 2021, Jiangsu fishermen salvaged a special device, which was handed over to the state security authorities for analysis, and believed that it was a new type of marine unmanned underwater vehicle, equipped with a large number of sensors that could measure marine environmental parameters.
U.S. military marine unmanned underwater vehicle
Of course, this equipment is also a secret theft device dropped by a foreign country, and it is equipped with a positioning device and a radio communication device.
The U.S. patrol plane was located in the sea area over Ren'ai Jiao, and from the appearance of the salvage equipment, the words Ultra Electronics were written on it, which is a developer specializing in submarine exploration services, mainly providing systematic services for the U.S. Navy.
In addition to detecting the signals of Chinese submarines, the detectors launched this time can also be used to counter the signals of submarines underwater.
The U.S. military launched submarine probes happen to be near Ren'ai Jiao, which is not only a beautiful environment but also has a large number of dolphins, and the noise released by the U.S. military probes will interfere with the echolocation system of dolphins and other marine creatures, causing dolphins to lose their way and even run aground.
The marine life of Second Thomas Reef
The appearance of the US military plane coincided with the incident at Ren'ai Jiao between China and the Philippines, and it cannot be ruled out that the US military's act of "throwing garbage" in the air was "supporting" the Philippines.
The implication is to tell the Philippines that "the United States is here for everything, and not to be fooled by the performance of the Chinese coast guard in the Ren'ai Jiao incident", but after the US "small measures" were "caught and arrested" by the Chinese coast guard, what else does the US have to say?
In response to the Ren'ai Jiao incident, China has repeatedly stated that any form of infringement and provocation is futile and that the China Coast Guard is on full alert and ready to resolutely safeguard China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
The U.S. behavior over Ren'ai Jiao is more like continuing to add fuel to the fire between China and the Philippines, hoping that the Philippines will continue to launch provocations against China at Ren'ai Jiao. However, it can also be seen from the incident at Ren'ai Jiao between China and the Philippines that the Philippines has further recognized the gap between China and the Philippines, and that it is not interesting to continue to provoke China at Ren'ai Jiao.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Philippines will continue to do things at Ren'ai Jiao under the premise that the United States continues to instigate it behind its back.
After all, the "beached warship" is still "beached" at Ren'ai Jiao, and if this warship does not sail away, the friction between China and the Philippines will not stop for a day.
(Text/Mr. Zhuge )