The Myth of C-ADIZ's unreasonable, unprecedented and provocative "All ID rule".
Now,
I would like to use this thread to
dispel One myth frequently repeated in mainstream media and spinned by those who are in power to somehow make Chinese ADIZ rules look like unreasonable and provocative.
C-ADIZ( Chinese Air Defense Identification Zone) rules, at first look, requires that ALL aircraft to maintain contact and file flight plans, operating with in the zone, is somehow, out of ordinary. out of
when questioned in detail as to why an CADIZ is BAD vs a Good JADIZ, it is often phrased like this:
"Its ‘rules’ demanding that aircraft identify themselves and obey Chinese direction on flight paths seem to apply to
all aircraft in the zone and not only aircraft en route to China.
This conflicts with the basic early warning and air-traffic control purposes of an ADIZ, and with longstanding Pentagon regulations advising US military aircraft to comply with a foreign ADIZ only when they flying on a course into that country’s airspace, not when they are simply in transit or on patrol."
Notice it is from Lowy Institute... more on that later.
emphasis added.
The gullible public just ate it up. Sadly, this also include a fellow like James Fallows who is an Journalist who covers china and has extensive General Aviation Knowledge. (
)
Well, True, FAA rules on ADIZ is that you only need to maintain radio contact and file a flight plan if you are on route entering a US territorial destination:
But what about others.
What about Australian's. its neutral enough right? sits out of the way of the conflict, .
and a casual search of Australian government Civil Aviation Safety Authority's website will yield this VFR (Visual Flying Rule) Guide
in which it states (page 321, carefully read this ) :
"The following general rules and procedures apply to enable identification of air
traffic entering any designated Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) under
the control of Australia.
An ADIZ is airspace of defined dimensions within which identification of all
aircraft is required.
When a flight is intended to operate within an ADIZ, the pilot,
unless
exempted in accordance with para 4, must;
( Blah Blah Blah )
The following flights over Australia and its territorial waters are exempted
from compliance with the requirements of para 3;
a flight originating within an ADIZ which maintains a steady outbound track;
a flight which remains within 10 nm of the point of departure;
aircraft performing published approach, holding or recovery
procedures; and
a flight conducted in accordance with special procedures arranged with
the Area Air Defence Commander."
You mean, according the Published rules of Government of Australia,
ALL aircraft operating in Australian ADIZ has to ID itself? no matter it is just passing through?
Wait. Isn't that the
same as the Chinese ADIZ rules?
So what's that thing about Chinese ADIZ "All ID" rule being unreasonable? and provocative? unprecedented?
by-the-way, Lowy Institute is based in Sydney. and surely it should know that Australian Government itself has the nearly the same rule with regard to its own ADIZ?
Happy Thanksgiving Day, you gullible has just been gobbled!
