{"id":1440328,"date":"2022-04-15T12:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440328"},"modified":"2022-04-15T12:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:45:02","slug":"china-deploys-most-powerful-fighter-jet-to-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-deploys-most-powerful-fighter-jet-to-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"China Deploys Most Powerful Fighter Jet to South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-deploys-most-powerful-fighter-jet-to-south-china-sea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) recently began deploying its most powerful stealth fighter jet, the J-20, to patrol the disputed East China Sea and South China Sea as part of \u201croutine training sessions,\u201d China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202204\/1259239.shtml\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The PLAAF has specifically ordered its J-20s to conduct \u201ccombat patrols\u201d in the East and South China Seas designed to \u201csafeguard China\u2019s airspace security and maritime interests\u201d in the bodies of water, Ren Yukun told reporters at a press conference on April 12.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ren heads the discipline inspection and supervision team and is a member of the leading Chinese Communist Party group at China\u2019s state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), which domestically manufactures the PLAAF\u2019s J-20s.<\/p>\n<p>The independent island nation of Taiwan, which Beijing claims is a territory of China, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/09\/17\/japan-vows-take-necessary-response-china-invades-taiwan\/\">located<\/a> at the nexus of the East and South China Seas. China\u2019s ruling Communist Party has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-46733174\">threatened<\/a> to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.cn\/english\/2021-11\/20\/c_1310322772.htm\">reunify<\/a>\u201d Taiwan, which lies off China\u2019s southeastern coast, with the \u201cmainland,\u201d i.e. China.<\/p>\n<p>These threats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/04\/13\/taiwan-military-issues-war-guidebook-civilians\/\">translated<\/a> to belligerent military drills by the PLAAF, which regularly orders air sorties to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnd.gov.tw\/Publish.aspx?p=79649&#038;title=%E5%9C%8B%E9%98%B2%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF&#038;SelectStyle=%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E8%BB%8D%E4%BA%8B%E5%8B%95%E6%85%8B\">penetrate<\/a> Taiwan\u2019s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) as a form of intimidation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s location along the East China Sea\u2019s southern rim places it a short distance southwest of Japan\u2019s Senkaku islets. Like Taiwan, Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/05\/12\/chinese-ships-bully-japanese-fishing-boat-out-of-japanese-islands\/\">claims<\/a> the Senkakus as its own territory and has increased its military presence near the small, uninhabited islands in recent months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20668340\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-619601972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20668340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-619601972-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A J-20 jet in profile as it performs at Zhuhai Air Show in Zhuhai, south China\u2019s Guangdong province on November 1, 2016. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20668316\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-619601980.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20668316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-619601980-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>File\/A J-20 jet performs at Zhuhai Air Show in Zhuhai, south China\u2019s Guangdong province on November 1, 2016. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force shoulders the sacred duty of defending national security in China\u2019s airspace. It must be emphasized that when it comes to defending national sovereignty and security, the PLA will always be ready and capable of wielding its sword,\u201d Senior Col. Wu Qian, a spokesman for China\u2019s Ministry of National Defense, said at a regular press conference on March 31.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Wu spoke in response to questions about an encounter earlier in March between a number of PLAAF J-20s and U.S. Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jets over the East China Sea. U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander Kenneth Wilsbac <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/us-f-35-chinese-j-125834211.html\">confirmed<\/a> the incident during an online discussion with military aviation experts on March 17 hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are flying it [J-20s] pretty well. We recently had \u2013 I wouldn\u2019t call it an engagement \u2013 where we got relatively close to the J-20s along with our F-35s in the East China Sea,\u201d Wilsbach said during the virtual forum.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20668364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1057960010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20668364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1057960010-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>File\/A Chinese J-20 stealth fighter performs at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai in southern China\u2019s Guangdong province on November 6, 2018. (WANG ZHAO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He noted that the U.S. pilots involved in the face-off were \u201crelatively impressed\u201d with the PLAAF\u2019s \u201ccommand and control\u201d of the J-20s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still too early to tell exactly what they intend to do with [the J-20] \u2013 whether it\u2019s going to be more like an F-35 \u2026 that is primarily an air superiority fighter that has an air-to-ground capability,\u201d Wilsbac said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) recently began deploying its most powerful stealth fighter jet, the J-20, to patrol the disputed East China Sea and South China Sea as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}