Another flight around Taiwan, this time around the H6K is accompanied by ELINT and electronic interference plane. From Henri K
Just a week after
, eight Chinese
H-6K bombers , separated into two groups, once again made a full tour of the island of Taiwan.
But the Chinese Air Force added a "novelty" - the bombers did not fly alone and were accompanied by an ELINT
Y-8CB plane , also called GX-1, and a long-range electronic interference aircraft
Y-8G (GX-3) during this release which took place this Thursday, July 20th.
According to a
, the Chinese squadrons took off in the morning and the Taiwanese army reacted according to the regulations of "unexpected situations", but it is not known what precise measure has been taken.
The Japanese army has dispatched several fighter planes to intercept Chinese aircraft.
gives more details on the route of Chinese aircraft around Taiwan.
A first four-H-6K air group departed from the Anqing base of the 10th Division and crossed Miyako Strait, while a second group of four other bombers and the two electronic warplanes departed from the south of China and entered the Pacific Ocean through Bashi Strait, between the Philippines and Taiwan, before returning to the mainland through the Miyako Strait.
Both groups therefore made a complete tour of Taiwan in both clockwise directions.
The trajectory of various Chinese military aircraft (Image: 統 合 幕僚 監 </s>)
It should be noted that the Chinese Air Force blog also published two photographs on the H-6K bombers that participated in this "training campaign", with only "Standardization! Repeated three times.
It is customary in China to say that the important things must be repeated three times in succession. It is therefore understandable that the number of such maneuvers, to leave the first chain of islands and enter the Pacific Ocean, and incidentally to fly around the island of Taiwan, will be increased gradually and regularly.
