China Plans To Destroy Japan's Airborne Radars To Blunt Retaliation During Possible Taiwan Siege
2 years, 7 months ago

China Plans To Destroy Japan's Airborne Radars To Blunt Retaliation During Possible Taiwan Siege

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China carried out drills at an unknown site in Xinjiang province where they set up an object identical to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s airborne warning and control system plane, news agency Nikkei Asia said in an exclusive report. The Nikkei Asia report quoting senior officials of Japan’s ASDF said that the object which resembles the JASDF’s E-767 aircraft. Experts speaking to Nikkei Asia said that only Japan has AWACS which are of the same shape and size as the model captured via Planet Labs’ satellite photos. The drills used the same-shape model to test missile accuracy, Yoji Koda, former commander in chief of Japan’s Self Defense Fleet, told Nikkei Asia.

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