After more than 10 consecutive days without updating the dynamics of our army's naval ship formation leaving the "first island chain," the Japan Ministry of Defense's unified staff supervisor finally "went to work" this week.
On July 29, the Ministry of Defense of Japan issued an announcement saying that the Type 055 destroyer Lhasa, the Type 903A comprehensive supply ship Kekexili Lake ship formation, the Type 052D destroyer Kaifeng and the Type 054A frigate Yantai ship formation returned to the East China Sea. A day earlier, one "Sea Street Runner" 815A electronic reconnaissance ship also smoothly returned to the East China Sea. The above-mentioned five ships were divided into three batches and returned to the East China Sea from three different routes.
However, it is too early to say that the Chinese Navy's "Rim of the Pacific" tour has come to an end. Because, according to the news previously released by the Ministry of Defense of Japan, two electronic reconnaissance ships with the port number 795 and 799 have left the Pacific Ocean, and now only one 799 "Venus" has returned, and there should be at least one more 815A electronic reconnaissance ship with the board number 795 "Tianquan Star" still wandering.
And as long as there is 815A, it will be a headache for the US military.
In the past month, the busiest activity of the US military has been the organization of the "RIMPAC 2024" joint military exercise, which is now nearing completion. And one of the highlights is that the warships of various countries drove together to take a group photo. This is a routine practice, every year, but this year the US military was deeply disturbed when they saw the photos. Because there is a ship in the corner of the photo, the US military is quite sure that it is not on the list of participants. Although the shadow of the ship is blurred, the US military can see it clearly, and it is clearly 1 815A!
In order to avoid being watched by our military, the US military has specially chosen Hawaii, far away from East Asia, to prepare for this joint military exercise, but it still did not stop the enthusiasm of 815A to come at the (hard) invitation. So much so that before and after the exercise, the US military had to adopt various cover-up methods in an attempt to cover it up. In the footage of the exercise released by it, outsiders could not find the figure of the 815A electronic reconnaissance ship at all.
It's just that the joint exercise was finally concealed by the 815A face-to-face reconnaissance, who would have thought that the Indonesian Navy would expose a group photo, which would make its efforts fall short. These drill scene maps, no matter how different the cutting angle, cannot erase the traces of the 815A.
The 815A is the most powerful electronic reconnaissance ship in our military at present, and every time it appears, it can make the United States uncomfortable in joint military exercises. After all, as long as it is a military exercise, then you have to use electronic equipment, and if you use electronic equipment, then electronic signals will be emitted. The 815A has excellent electromagnetic and communication detection and interception capabilities, and can completely record all electronic signals on United States and even warships of various countries.
You must know that in peacetime, when US warships are parked in ports or sailing normally, many equipment will not be turned on, and even if electromagnetic signals are captured, they are incomplete, and the significance of intelligence reference is limited. Only on this kind of exercise occasion will the warship enter a state of imminent battle, and at this time, how can we let go of the acquisition signal as soon as it is grasped accurately? What's more, another major highlight of the "RIMPAC 2024" joint show is to sink a 40,000-ton target ship.
Therefore, even if 815A does not interfere with the joint exercises of the US military, and you shoot your face with a telephoto lens, every move is under your eyes, and your underwear is all looked at, who is willing to change? In addition, the sea area of this joint exercise of the US military is the high seas, and perhaps the behavior of the "street stalkers" will make some people uncomfortable, but in essence there is no hostile behavior, so the exercise party has no reason and no right to expel it, and there is almost nothing to do about it - I know that you are angry, but I can only ask you not to be angry first!
After all, this kind of thing is not the first time, and you must get used to it!
In 2019, the United States, Japan and Australia organized the "Talisman Sabre-2019" joint exercise in Australia, and out of nowhere, a 815A broke into the group photo, which once frightened the United Fleet to close the microphone and stop the military exercise. However, at that time, it was still a secret of the small circle of United States, and it was digested internally as if it had never happened. This was a big party, with more than 20 countries participating in the grand event, and there was no shortage of main warships of the navies of various countries. Once the exercise starts, all kinds of information such as shipborne radars, electronic systems, and communication bands will be packed and collected.
And we have repeatedly emphasized that on the modern battlefield, to discover is to destroy! The significance of reconnaissance is no less than the firing strike link. Once these classified intelligence data on the imminent battlefield are collected and compiled into a book, it will be tantamount to one-way transparency in the future battlefield situation, and only the share of being beaten will remain. Speaking of which, it must be easy to understand why the 815A clearly has no weapons, but the reason why the US military is so angry!