Chapter 565: China-US aircraft collision incident

In the early morning of April 1, an ep-3 Aries reconnaissance aircraft of the United States took off from the US military base in Okinawa in Japan to participate in a new round of reconnaissance of China's coastal military targets. Although the first Aries was in service in the US Navy in 1964, its prototype was derived from the famous P3 anti-submarine aircraft, and it is still the only shore-based anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy until now. This scout was expensive because of the various electronic reconnaissance equipment loaded on it, becoming the gold knot in the hands of the US Navy. Each defense zone can only be equipped with only 9 aircraft.

"Aries" not only has a long range and a wide range of reconnaissance, but also continues to upgrade to ensure that it can catch up with the latest electronic development trend. The electronic reconnaissance equipment installed internally can ensure that it can detect valuable electronic intelligence outside the defense zones of coastal countries. This makes the cost of each "Aries" more than 80 million US dollars. Even the wealthy US Navy can only have about dozens. Except for the United States, it is generally stationed in heavily guarded airports of allies, and only special personnel can get close to it. Therefore, there are many different opinions on its performance and is always covered with a mysterious veil.

"Aries" has always been a powerful tool for the United States to investigate China's coastal electronics. Although the main reconnaissance direction of "Aries" in the Cold War was in the Far East of the Soviet Union, it has never relaxed China, which is also a major country. With the rapid development of electronic technology, "Aries" does not have to take great risks like their predecessors to penetrate into China's airspace, and can collect radar and other signals on China's coastal coast. Once it encounters intercepting Chinese aircraft, it will immediately flee, without making any major mistakes.

But with the development of China's economy and the improvement of military strength, of course, this kind of electronic flies will not be allowed to buzz outside its own territorial waters. In recent years, the US Pacific Defense Zone has indeed felt the improvement of the strength of the Chinese navy and air force on the opposite side. The "cat and mouse game" between Chinese fighter jets and American reconnaissance aircraft is often staged, and it almost evolves into a crisis of accidental fire. Both sides have a premonition that this form is like a silent volcano that will erupt completely one day.

Today, the "Aries" who can carry 24 members is fully staffed. In addition to daily collection of electronic intelligence for military offshore China, their work also shoulders another responsibility, which is to use appropriate invasion of Chinese airspace to lure Chinese coastal radars to start the battery and take the opportunity to collect specific technical parameters of Chinese radars. This is called preparing for the future. Once China and the United States really start war, the technical parameters and role of these Chinese radars are immeasurable.

Of course, the ** side could not have reacted in such a similarly open provocative behavior, so it is quite dangerous to perform such a mission every time. The personnel on the US plane were also highly alert. Sure enough, when they crossed the Chinese airspace line again, two Chinese HNA J-82 aircraft roared at 8 o'clock, making warning actions, allowing the "Aries" aircraft to leave my country's airspace.

With the Americans' always arrogant habit, they could not hear the warnings of the Chinese people. Moreover, it was not the first time they had a confrontation with China's HNA aircraft. They still adopted the old methods of the past, using technology to the speed difference between the two sides, sticking to the Chinese airspace line like a candy. When Chinese fighters arrived, they would avoid it. After the Chinese plane flew over, they secretly stuck it on them. The two sides fought against will and technology on the blue sky.

But today is a little different from usual. In an inconspicuous air force base in Hainan, almost all the authorities and senior officials of the information control of the China ** side were gathered. Yang Xingzheng, who was mingling among them, stared at the images on the large screen in front of him with interest. There was a real-time picture of three aircraft in the air. On the middle screen, there was a cockpit image of one of the J-82 aircraft. Anyone could see that the pilot's flight suits in this aircraft lacked a normal human body, but a lot of wires and electronic components. This J-82 was actually an unmanned aircraft!

The emergence of unmanned aircraft was probably in line with the birth of aircraft. The V1 missile developed by Germany during World War II has been regarded as some kind of single-use suicide unmanned aircraft, and its technology is quite mature. With the development of electronic technology after World War II, the distances of remote-controlled unmanned aircraft have increased greatly, and target aircraft from various countries have basically been replaced by unmanned aircraft. In the Middle East War, Israel and Syria highlighted surprise troops in the air battle in the Beka Valley and launched the first wave of offensives with unmanned aircraft, which not only reduced casualties, but also caught the enemy off guard. It can be said that it pushed the drone tactics using remote-controlled command to a new level, and also made military powers have a strong interest in unmanned aircraft.

However, the technology of remote-controlled drones is inherently insufficient. The electronic signals propagated in a straight line must be affected by the curvature of the earth and cannot be too far away. Moreover, remote-controlled control of the drone actually requires the support of a large group of ground technicians, especially the need for experienced operators to be responsible for the control. The skill of cultivating an operator is no less than cultivating a pilot. In addition, the method of radio remote-controlled drones is always affected by electronic interference. The development of remote-controlled drones quickly encountered technical and financial bottlenecks.

The US side, who has never given up on this technology, came up with two solutions. For the problem of short remote control distance, they chose to install satellite antennas for the drone, and use satellite signals to transmit the signal all over the world. The second method is to allow the drone to have independent action technology, which has been practical. Most civil aviation aircraft have automatic driving functions, and even powerful take-off and landing can be automated. Pilots often only play the role of monitoring the flight status and handling crisis when necessary.

However, the situation that military drones have to face is a hundred times more complicated than that of civil aviation aircraft. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, not to mention the harassment of various air defense weapons. Therefore, in this regard, the only thing that can make autonomous flying drones practical is the United States, which is just a few major military powers in Europe.

On the picture, the J-82 flew smoothly, following the long aircraft to perform tactical actions without any hesitation. Sitting in front of everyone, the pilot responsible for controlling it only needs to occasionally turn the operating lever and input a few tactical commands to allow the aircraft to fly freely. It is obviously a new generation of unmanned aircraft with advanced performance such as autonomous flight and satellite communication. After flying for a long time, the American pilots on "Aries" did not notice that they were facing a drone.

This is the countermeasure that Yang Xing could use Yu Aojun to defeat the Americans' arrogance. The automatic control system of this aircraft comes from the joint research of Xingdou Research Institute and the military. The prototype of this autonomous driving system comes from the autonomous driving technology developed by artificial intelligence and Star Manufacturing in the "intelligent era". In addition, the military has been developing and using retired fighter jets to transform them into unmanned targets, which finally made this J-82 drone shine, and wanted to lay a trap for the proud and domineering Americans.

When Yu Aojun revealed that after Bush took office, he was terrible towards China and activated a large number of officials with conservative backgrounds. They changed the policy of contacting China by the previous US political utilities, and instead began to be tough, provoking a series of military frictions against China. The large naval reconnaissance aircraft such as ep-3 "Aries" have become increasingly frequent in the investigation of China's coastal areas. Of course, China will not submit to the fore. How to fight back against the Americans has become a major issue for the central government.

After a survey conducted by Chinese Foreign Minister in the United States in March, the central government finally decided to teach Americans who were tough and not soft, so that they could understand that China's bottom line could not be touched, and a silent contest quietly unfolded in China's airspace and territorial waters.

The mutual pursuit of Chinese and American fighter jets lasted for nearly an hour. Although the captain of the US side had good skills, he could not get rid of the pursuit of double-sonic fighter jets by flying a propeller aircraft such as ep-3. So he simply acted like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water and rushed around in the air. Anyway, the ep-3 is close to a Boeing passenger plane, several times the size of the J-82, just like the difference between a large truck and a motorcycle.

But this time the American captain found that he had miscalculated. The Chinese fighter pilot on the opposite side seemed to be crazy. One of the J-82s pounced on its fuselage directly. Recently, he could see the red five-star on the pilot's helmet through the porthole! But the other party seemed too calm. Even though the planes on both sides bumped up and down due to the flight vortex, he did not show a slight wavering look.

"Crazy!" The captain of the US cursed and gritted his teeth and made a sudden turn of the fuselage. He didn't believe that the Chinese pilot dared not to avoid it, as it would only lead to a collision between the two sides. But what stunned him was that the J-82 crashed over without hesitation!

After a loud bang, the captain of the US side finally managed to control the ep-3 in the violent impact, and then watched the J-82 spiral into the sea with black smoke. The nose of his own aircraft disappeared, and a huge crack was drawn on the left wing. Two of the four engines stopped, and the entire aircraft did not fall apart. Thank God.

The only thing he can do now is landing immediately. He looked at the navigation map and could only announce helplessly, "Everyone is ready for an emergency landing immediately. Now he can only land on the Chinese airport. I order to take damage and control measures immediately to destroy the information at hand!"

At this time, Yang Xing, who was in the military base, breathed a sigh of relief, and the trip was worth it. The J-82 drone hit the ep-3 long ago. It was planned to hit and sent a set of interference signals to the ep-3, which were doped with computer virus codes. Many electronic instruments of the ep-3 failed and they thought they were seriously damaged after the impact.

As a result, although the US side has strict network protection, the "Abyss Gate" virus used in the "Shaw Hunting Operation" last year has partially penetrated into the US side's network. This group of newly released viruses will not be destroyed, mainly to prevent the computers on board from turning on self-destruct programs. Therefore, the members of the ep-3 crew thought that they had destroyed the main confidential files before the plane landed. In fact, after the plane fell into the hands of the China side, the core computer code of the US military's electronic warfare opened the door to us.

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Chapter completed!