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台媒称我军2架电子战机飞经台海 或有关“汉光”演习

2019年05月30日 02:19 环球网



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[环球时报综合报道]台媒称,解放军29日派出两架电子战飞机,其中一架经过台海,这或与台军正在举行的“汉光”演习有关。
据台湾联合新闻网报道,日本防卫省统合幕僚监部(参谋本部)29日宣称,解放军派出两架电子战飞机,分别经由对马海峡进入日本海,以及由宫古海峡进入台湾东部的西太平洋。日方发布的照片显示,进入日本海的是一架解放军空军的“运—8”,飞到台湾东部的是一架解放军海军的“运—9”。台湾“国防部”发言人陈中吉称,有关解放军的任何演训动态,“国军”全程保持严密监侦。
联合新闻网称,台军正举行“汉光”演习,29日在花莲外海操演,并发射“标准”导弹。解放军电子战飞机出现相信与此有关。自由电子报称,解放军军机虽然距离台东部外海仍有一段距离,是否用于侦搜台军演训不得而知,但时机引发联想。文章提到,去年“汉光”演习、台战机进行转场时,解放军“运—9”也现身宫古海峡及台湾东部海域。(韩香)


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Taiwanese media said that two of our military electronic warplanes flew through the Taiwan Strait or related "Han Kuang" exercises
May 30, 2019 02:19 Global Network
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[Global Times comprehensive report] Taiwan media said that the PLA sent two electronic warfare planes on the 29th, one of which passed through the Taiwan Strait, which may be related to the "Han Kuang" exercise being held by the Taiwan military.

According to Taiwan’s United News Network, the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Department of Supervision and Control (Department of Staff) announced on the 29th that the People’s Liberation Army sent two electronic warfare planes to enter the Sea of Japan via the Strait of Ma, and the Western Pacific Ocean from the Miyako Strait into eastern Taiwan. . Photographs released by the Japanese side show that the "Olympic-8" of the People's Liberation Army Air Force entered the Sea of Japan, and the "Yu-9" of the People's Liberation Army Navy flew to the east of Taiwan. Taiwan’s "Ministry of Defense" spokesperson Chen Zhongji said that the "national army" maintained strict supervision and control over any training exercise of the PLA.

The joint news network said that the Taiwan military is holding a "Han Kuang" exercise and will perform in the outskirts of Hualien on the 29th and launch a "standard" missile. The emergence of the People's Liberation Army electronic warfare aircraft is believed to be related to this. The Free Electronics reported that although the PLA military aircraft still has a certain distance from the outer seas of the eastern part of Taiwan, it is not known whether it will be used for the investigation and training of the Taiwan military. The article mentioned that when the "Han Kuang" exercise last year and the Taiwanese fighters made a transition, the People's Liberation Army "Yun 9" also appeared in the Miyako Strait and the eastern Taiwanese waters. (Han Xiang)
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解放军派战机盯台军“汉光演习”? 绿媒炒作“时机巧合”被讽生拉硬扯

2019-05-30 16:12 环球网 尹艳辉
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【环球网报道 实习记者 尹艳辉】日方29日声称,解放军当天派出两架战机,其中一架经过宫古海峡。有绿媒犯“臆想症”,拿此事与台军“汉光演习”结合炒作“时机巧合”“又来乱”等论调,但随即被岛内网友批评太会“牵拖”(生拉硬扯)。
日本防卫省统合幕僚监部(参谋本部)5月29日宣称,解放军派出两架电子战飞机,分别经由对马海峡进入日本海,由宫古海峡进入台湾东方的西太平洋。日方发布的照片显示,进入日本海的是一架解放军空军“运-8”电子情报侦察机,飞到台湾东部的是一架解放军海军的“运-9”电子情报侦察机。

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日方声称解放军派战机经过宫古海峡(图片来源:日本防卫省)
对日方此次公布消息,台当局又开始重复其惯用的“全程掌握”说法。据台湾“联合新闻网”29日报道,台“国防部”发言人陈中吉声称,有关解放军的任何演训动态,台军“全程保持严密监侦”。不过岛内民众并不买账,有网友直言对台“国防部”的新闻稿“都听到闷了”。

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此外,由于台军正举行“汉光演习”,台湾媒体也集体犯“臆想症”,将“汉光演习”和大陆军机飞经宫古海峡一事联系起来。绿媒《自由时报》就声称,解放军军机虽然距离台东部外海仍有一段距离,是否用于侦搜台军演训不得而知,“但时机引发联想”。

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《自由时报》还挖出去年“汉光”演习旧闻称,当时台战机进行转场时,解放军“运-9”也现身宫古海峡及台湾东部海域。除此之外,“风传媒”等一些岛内其他媒体也声称,今年“汉光演习”期间解放军战机经过台海“时机巧合”。
而台湾另一绿媒“民视新闻”甚至叫嚣“汉光演习也来乱!”

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对绿媒此举,有网友直言:关台湾屁事,绿媒不要太会“牵拖”(生拉硬扯)了。

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也有网友批评日方:海峡是日本你家的?大陆不能走?

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还有人讽刺台军的“汉光演习”:为了抢救低迷的民调,军人只好卖力演出,可惜阿斗还是阿斗,烂梨还是不会变成苹果!

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此前,日本多次炒作解放军军机飞经宫古海峡。3月31日,日方就曾声称,包括4架轰-6K轰炸机、1架图-154情报侦察机以及2架未知型号军机在内的7架解放军军机穿越宫古海峡往返飞行。当时就有部分绿媒叫嚣“扰台”。但随即就有人怒怼绿媒:甘当日本看门狗?

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针对解放军军机穿越宫古海峡一事,中国国防部曾回应表示,中国军机在宫古海峡空域的有关飞行活动合法正当,中国军队今后将根据需要,继续组织类似训练。有关方面不必大惊小怪、过度解读,习惯就好。
对于解放军在台湾海峡举行实弹演习和绕飞行动,《环球时报》在2018年4月26日发表社评表示,大陆的军机绕台和实弹演习都是对“台独”的明确警告。解放军的行动已经在改变很多人对台海问题解决方式的预期,更重要的是,这一切仅仅是开始。“台独”优哉游哉的日子很可能正在终结。
另外,国台办发言人谈及大陆军机军舰远海训练相关问题时也曾多次表示,我们有坚定的意志、充分的信心和足够的能力挫败任何形式的“台独”分裂图谋和行径,捍卫国家主权和领土完整,绝不容忍“台独”势力破坏台海和平稳定、干扰中华民族伟大复兴的进程。


The People's Liberation Army sent warplanes to the Taiwan military "Han Kuang exercises"? Green media hype "time coincidence" was ridiculed
2019-05-30 16:12 Global Network Yin Yanhui
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[Global Network Report Intern reporter Yin Yanhui] The Japanese side claimed on the 29th that the PLA sent two fighters on the same day, one of which passed through the Miyako Strait. There is a green media guilty "paranoia", taking this matter and the Taiwan military "Han Kuang exercise" combined with speculation "time coincidence" and "coming chaos" and other arguments, but then was criticized by netizens on the island too "drag" (raw pull) Hard pull).

On May 29, the Japanese Defense Ministry unified defense department (the staff headquarters) announced that the People's Liberation Army sent two electronic warfare planes, which entered the Sea of Japan via the Strait of Ma, and entered the western Pacific Ocean in the east of Taiwan through the Miyako Strait. Photographs released by the Japanese side show that the Japanese Air Force was transported by the People's Liberation Army Air Force "Yun-8" electronic intelligence reconnaissance plane. To the east of Taiwan was a "Yun-9" electronic intelligence reconnaissance aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

The Japanese side claimed that the PLA sent fighters through the Miyako Strait (Source: Japan Defense Ministry)

On the announcement of the Japanese side’s announcement, the Taiwan authorities have begun to repeat their usual “full mastery” argument. According to Taiwan’s “Joint News Network” on the 29th, Taiwan’s “Defense Ministry” spokesperson Chen Zhongji claimed that the Taiwan military “maintained strict surveillance throughout the entire process” regarding the PLA’s training. However, the people on the island did not buy it, and some netizens bluntly said that the press release of the Ministry of National Defense "had heard the boring."

In addition, as the Taiwan military is holding a "Han Kuang exercise," the Taiwan media also collectively committed "the delusion", linking the "Han Kuang exercise" with the mainland military aircraft flying through the Miyako Strait. The green media "Free Times" claimed that although the PLA military aircraft still has a certain distance from the outer seas of the eastern Taiwan, it is not known whether it is used for the investigation and training of the Taiwan military. "But the timing has caused Lenovo."

The "Freedom Times" also dug out the "Han Kuang" exercise last year and said that when the Taiwanese fighters made a transition, the People's Liberation Army "Yun-9" also appeared in the Miyako Strait and the eastern Taiwanese waters. In addition, some other media on the island, such as “Wind Media”, claimed that during the “Hanguang Exercise” this year, the PLA’s fighter planes passed through the Taiwan Strait “time and coincidence”.

Another green media in Taiwan, "People's News," even called "Hanguang exercises are also chaos!"

Regarding the green media move, some netizens bluntly said: If you want to shut down Taiwan’s fart, the green media should not be too dragged.

Some netizens have criticized the Japanese side: Is the Straits your home in Japan? Can the mainland not go?

There are also people who satirize the "Han Kuang exercises" of the Taiwan military: in order to rescue the depressed polls, the soldiers have to work hard to perform, but unfortunately, Adou is still a fight, rotten pears will not become apples!

Earlier, Japan repeatedly speculated that the PLA military aircraft flew through the Miyako Strait. On March 31, the Japanese side claimed that seven PLA military aircraft, including four H-6K bombers, one Tu-154 intelligence reconnaissance aircraft, and two unknown military aircrafts, traveled through the Miyako Strait. At that time, some green media were called "disturbing Taiwan." But then there is someone screaming at the green media: Ganden as a Japanese watchdog?

In response to the PLA’s military aircraft crossing the Miyako Strait, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense has responded that the Chinese military aircraft’s relevant flight activities in the Miyako Strait airspace are legitimate and that the Chinese military will continue to organize similar training as needed. The relevant parties do not have to make a fuss, over-interpret, and get used to it.

For the People's Liberation Army to conduct live-fire exercises and round-trip operations in the Taiwan Strait, the Global Times published a social commentary on April 26, 2018, saying that the mainland's military aircraft round-robin and live-fire exercises are clear warnings of "Taiwan independence." The PLA’s actions have changed the expectations of many people on the way the Taiwan Strait problem is solved. More importantly, this is only the beginning. The days of "Taiwan independence" and leisure travel are likely to be ending.

In addition, when a spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office spoke about the issues related to the training of the mainland military warships in the open sea, it has repeatedly stated that we have a firm will, full confidence and sufficient capacity to defeat any form of "Taiwan independence" separatist plots and actions to defend the country. Sovereignty and territorial integrity will never tolerate the process of "Taiwan independence" forces undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits and disrupting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
 

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台湾省媒体:解放军侦察机又绕台 台军汉光演习暴露

台湾省媒体:解放军侦察机又绕台 台军汉光演习暴露



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剑指台军“汉光”演习!我高新八号电侦机绕岛巡航1/10
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日本统合幕僚监部消息,4日晚间解放军一架运-9型电子侦察机从宫古海峡南下,绕台后返回。由于台湾正开始汉光34号演习,台媒称,大陆似乎是侦察台方军战演训的通讯及电子讯号。


原标题:台湾省媒体:我的“汉光”,在解放军眼里。
台媒称,“汉光军演”首日,大陆运-9电子侦察机绕台。
今天,是台军“汉光34号”演习开始的日子,结果演习第一天就发生了战机不幸撞山的事件。
根据台媒刚刚爆出的消息,此前失联的飞行员为少校飞官吴彦霆已死亡。
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吴彦霆
对台军的打击还不止于此,因为又有台媒说,今天解放军疑似绕台飞行了!
这家中国台湾省媒体4日晚间发布题为“可恶!解放军机又绕台”的消息称,解放军一架运-9型电子侦察机今天从宫古海峡南下,绕台后返回。
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日本自卫队方面也证实了这一消息
据日本防卫省统合幕僚监部4日在网站上发布消息称,中国一架运-9侦察机在东海及太平洋飞行,日本战机起飞应对,并发布了运-9飞行轨迹图。
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“适逢”台军“汉光演习”首日,有台媒不禁怀疑,大陆似乎是侦察台方军战演训的通讯及电子讯号。
对此,台湾“国防部”称,对此全程监控,以确保演习的电子讯号不被窃取。
对于台湾“汉光军演”首日就出现的种种“状况”,《环球时报》刊发社评:汉光军演已经堕落成一种政治仪式

星期一是台湾汉光军演进入实兵实弹阶段的第一天,这一天最大的新闻是台湾空军摔了一架F-16战机,它展示了台湾军备的老旧。
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台湾空军F-16战机
汉光军演的主要目的是演练台军反制解放军攻台,今年由于两岸关系紧张,大陆战机战舰不断绕台飞行航行,对“台独”形成警告,台当局面临更大压力,汉光军演因此成为蔡英文及其同僚向民众交代的一种方式。
本次汉光军演将台军“胜利”的目标界定为“迫使大陆夺台任务失败”,比之前“决胜于台湾岛之外”等目标低了很多。另外本次军演包括动员台湾民间力量支持的科目,似乎要搞针对大陆的“人民战争”,实为向台湾民众套近乎。
由于两岸力量越来越悬殊,汉光军演的实际军事意义不断下降,它越来越成为台当局安抚、动员岛内各种力量的政治过程。如今蔡英文大概不会指望这种军演能够在军事上给台湾多带来几分安全,而是更在意通过这样折腾一番,是否能把自己的支持率往上拉一拉。
台湾军队如今在解放军面前,大致相当于受了点正规训练的“民兵”,或者“地方警备部队”。对于装备和作战能力日新月异 的解放军来说,台军越来越经不起打。如果没有外部势力干预,台军应是一吓唬就投降的绝望之师。
台当局如今的全部希望都押在美国身上,它不断购买美国的武器,其实是在向美国交保护费,买美国的保险单。那些武器卖到台湾,总得拉出来比划几下,使用那些武器搞演练的台军就成了穿着军装帮台当局搞政治表演的特殊“仪仗队”。
美国的庇护远非绝对的。美国从尽“保卫台湾”的义务,逐渐变成了把台湾当做与大陆开展战略博弈的一张牌来打。华盛顿要用台湾牌牵制北京,但又不想真的卷入一场台海战争,为此它面对强大起来的中国大陆陷入一场愈发复杂且吃力的游戏。这让走钢丝的台当局亦不断感受到惊险。

只要中国大陆包括军力在内的综合实力不断提升,大陆对台湾的吸附力就会逐渐压倒美国的吸附力,台湾政坛上依靠美国抵制两岸统一的那种意志终将被彻底瓦解。现在看来这是一个挡不住、逆转不了的进程。
汉光军演从战略上看,只是“过家家”级别的军事团体操、情景剧。它已经失去了军事物理意义,成为台湾岛内每年都要过的一种仪式。它的具体科目、操演过程都不值得细看,总之那是台湾军人糊弄政客搞出的没有实际军事价值的瞎折腾。
台海问题的挑战越来越集中在美国的两岸政策上。这是美国对华战略博弈的一个突出支点,过去它在很大程度上是对北京的单方面挑战,今后它对北京和华盛顿都将意味着不寻常的风险。美方的政策在变,台海问题的性质在变,但美国的力量已经难以支持它在台海问题上新的野心。
台湾正在完全失去在中美博弈中的自主性,它从受美国保护的前盟友变成棋子,还可能继续变成为美国“趟地雷的”。如果中美在台海地区走向摊牌,台湾的命运将变得很惨很惨。




http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/china/2018-06-04/doc-ihcmurvh7009516.shtml

台媒:“汉光军演”首日 大陆运-9电子侦察机绕台

台媒:“汉光军演”首日 大陆运-9电子侦察机绕台



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大象漫步场面壮观!我西部战区空军运-9飞机飞行训练1/4
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【运-9飞机多架次跟进飞行训练 场面壮观】4月10日,西部战区空军航空兵某师展开运-9飞机多架次跟进飞行训练,锤炼部队实战能力。(中国军网英文版/刘书 摄影报道)


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[环球网快讯]台媒4日晚间消息,解放军一架运-9型电子侦察机今天从宫古海峡南下,绕台后返回。
由于今天台湾开始汉光34号演习,台媒称,大陆似乎是侦察台方军战演训的通讯及电子讯号。
台湾“国防部”强调,对此全程监控,以确保演习的电子讯号不被共机窃取。
台“汉光演习”首日一架F-16战机失联 疑似残骸被找到
据台“中时电子报”4日早前消息,台“汉光演习”今(4)日登场,传出有1架F-16战机,今天从花莲起飞后,疑于下午1点多在基隆外海失联。台空军目前正全力搜索中。
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台军F-16战机(图片来源:“中央社”)
报道称,一架F-16战机在下午1点43分,在北部执行例行训练时失联。目前台空军正调查中。至于外传有两架失联,台军方予以否认。经查证是长机失联,僚机已先行在下午2点40分返回基地。另外,长机疑似在暖暖山区失联,基隆市消防局已待命搜山。
空军司令部表示,花莲基地一架F-16单座战机(机号6685号),13时9分由吴姓少校飞行官于北部空域执行演训任务,13时43分光点消失。
据了解,这架F-16战机属于空军第12战术侦察机的F-16战机,任务是支援北部今日中午“万安演习”。
台“东森新闻云”报道称,有最新消息表明,疑似飞机残骸已在瑞芳滴水子路29号发现,为现场1名登山客报案。详细地点位于五分山登山步道21公里处。不过,根据了解,由于弹跳座椅都会发出SOS求救讯息,但目前都还未收到。
下午4时许,基市消防局现场人员回报,在五分山登山健行步道,发现100公尺长滑坡及飞机残骸,且有看到降落伞,但没发现人影。降落伞是战机的阻力伞,不是人员降落伞。
“联合新闻网”报道称,基隆市议员杨石城说,下午他在基隆南荣公墓突然听到上空有很大的声响,但是他没有看到飞机的身影,因为速度很快,他直觉认为不是一般飞机,可能是战机。他觉得很奇怪的是,声音并不是之前听到搜救钓客落海那种连续声音,而是中断式喷射声音,研判当时已经故障了。
杨石城表示,后来听到说有F16战机失联,因暖暖、瑞芳和南荣公墓不远,这才想起,应是最后坠落前最后的故障声响。
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台湾登山客找到疑似F-16战机的残骸(图片来源:“东森新闻云”)


Taiwan media: "Han Kuang military exercise" on the first day of the mainland transport -9 electronic reconnaissance aircraft around the Taiwan
Taiwan media: "Han Kuang military exercise" on the first day of the mainland transport -9 electronic reconnaissance aircraft around the Taiwan
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[Yun-9 aircraft multiple follow-up flight training scene spectacular] On April 10th, a certain division of the Air Force Air Force of the Western Theater launched a multi-station flight to follow-up flight training and tempered the actual combat capability of the troops. (Chinese military network English version / Liu Shu photo report)

[Global Network News] Taiwan media reported on the evening of the 4th, a PLA-type-9 electronic reconnaissance plane returned from the Miyako Strait to the south and returned to Taiwan.

As Taiwan began the Hanguang 34 exercise today, the Taiwanese media said that the mainland seems to be the communication and electronic signal for the reconnaissance of the Taiwanese military exercise.

Taiwan’s “Defense Ministry” stressed that this monitoring should be carried out throughout the process to ensure that the electronic signals of the exercise were not stolen by the machine.

On the first day of the "Han Kuang exercise", an F-16 fighter plane lost contact. Suspected wreckage was found.

According to the news of Taiwan’s “China Times News” on the 4th, Taiwan’s “Hanguang Exercise” debuted today (4), and there was an F-16 fighter. After taking off from Hualien today, it was suspected that it was at 1 pm. Keelung lost the sea. The Taiwan Air Force is currently searching hard.

Taiwan Army F-16 fighter aircraft (Source: "Central News Agency")

According to the report, an F-16 fighter plane lost ground at 1:43 pm during routine training in the north. The Taiwan Air Force is currently investigating. As for the rumor that there were two lost links, the Taiwan military denied it. After verification, it was the long-term loss of the joint, and the downtime had already returned to the base at 2:40 pm. In addition, the long plane is suspected to be lost in the warm mountain area, the Keelung City Fire Bureau has been on standby.

The Air Force Command stated that an F-16 single-seat fighter (No. 6685) at Hualien Base was executed by the flight officer of Major Wu in the northern airspace at 13:9, and the light spot disappeared at 13:43.

It is understood that this F-16 fighter belongs to the F-16 fighter of the Air Force's 12th tactical reconnaissance aircraft. The mission is to support the "Wanan Exercise" at noon today in the north.

Taiwan’s “Dongsen News Cloud” reported that the latest news indicated that the suspected aircraft wreckage had been discovered at No. 29 Ruishuizi Road, Ruifang, and reported to a mountain climber on the scene. The detailed location is 21 km from the Wufenshan hiking trail. However, according to the understanding, since the bounce seat will issue SOS SOS message, it has not been received yet.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the on-site personnel of the base city fire station returned to climb the hiking trail in Wufen Mountain, and found a 100-meter long landslide and aircraft wreckage, and saw a parachute, but no figure was found. The parachute is the resistance umbrella of the fighter, not the personnel parachute.

"Joint News Network" reported that Keelung City Councillor Yang Shicheng said that in the afternoon he suddenly heard a loud noise in the Keelung Namong Cemetery, but he did not see the plane because of the speed, he intuitively thought that it was not The general aircraft may be a fighter. What he finds very strange is that the sound is not the continuous sound of the search and rescue of the fishermen, but the interrupted jet sound. The judgment was already faulty.

Yang Shicheng said that he later heard that the F16 fighter plane lost contact, because the warm, Ruifang and Nanrong cemeteries are not far away, this is remembered, it should be the last fault sound before the final fall.

Taiwanese mountaineers find the wreckage of suspected F-16 fighters (Source: “East Sen News Cloud”)
 

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Taiwanese F-16 fighter pilot confirmed dead in jet crash at start of annual live-fire military drills
Air force says remains found on mountain trail near New Taipei City in island’s north


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Published: 5:30pm, 4 Jun, 2018
Updated: 2:36pm, 29 Sep, 2018
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A Taiwanese air force base lost contact with this F-16 early Monday afternoon during the island’s annual Han Kuang exercises. Photo: CNA
A Taiwanese fighter pilot was confirmed dead after his F-16 jet crashed in northern Taiwan on Monday at the start of the island’s biggest annual armed forces drills, casting a shadow over exercises meant to showcase the island’s ability to fend off an attack.
The military said pilot Wu Yen-ting, 31, died after the aircraft lost contact with the air force’s base in Hualien on the island’s east coast at around 1.43pm, after taking part in the military exercises further north, Central News Agency reported.
The incident comes after Beijing has conducted repeated rounds of military exercises around the island and as authorities on the island try to reassure voters ahead of elections later this year, according to analysts.


After contact was lost on Monday, hundreds of military and police personnel were dispatched in a search-and-rescue operation.
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Wreckage from the jet along with clothing, debris, and flesh were found on Mount Wufen about an hour’s drive from New Taipei City, the report said.
“The ground forces have already found the armbands of the individual on the Mount Wufen trail, and assessed that [he] likely did not parachute [from the aircraft],” the military spokesman said.
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Wu graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2009, and had amassed a total flight time of 1,039 hours, including 736 hours with the F-16 jet, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. He had ejected from an F-16 with minor injuries when the jet he commanded crashed off the coast of southern Taiwan five years ago.

Wu’s jet had been taking part in Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang live-fire military drills, five days of exercises designed to bolster combat readiness in the event of an attack from across the Taiwan Strait by the People’s Liberation Army.
The Han Kuang exercises include joint air-sea combat operations, anti-landing operations in the north and south of the island, and joint anti-airborne combat operations, according to CNA.

The F-16 was one of 150 bought from the United States to defend the strait.

Cross-strait tensions have risen under Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, with the leader refusing to acknowledge the “1992 consensus” that there is only “one China”.
Beijing says the consensus is the basis of any cross-strait dialogue and has ramped up pressure on the Tsai government with a series of air and naval exercises around the island.
With Tsai’s domestic approval ratings falling, this week’s military exercises were intended to placate Taiwanese voters ahead of midterm elections in November, analysts said.
Chang Ching, a military specialist from the Taipei-based Society for Strategic Studies think tank, said the annual drills were “show business for domestic consumption”, particularly as support for Tsai dwindled.
Since taking office two years ago, her approval ratings have fallen from 70 per cent to just over 50 per cent from two public opinion polls in late May, according to the Taipei Times.
“President Tsai needs to use the drills to justify her value … to regain popularity and approval ratings, especially given the election campaign in November,” Chang said.
“They won’t use this to send signals to mainland China – just to taxpayers and voters.”
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Zhou Chenming, from the Jiangsu-based Knowfar Institute for Strategic and Defence Studies think tank, said the incident was “pretty shocking” and indicative of an overall decline in quality of the Taiwanese air force.
“It shows that it’s been a long time since Taiwan has sent its air force out above the water for these very standard drills,” he said. “It is embarrassing that this would happen during such important, high-level exercises.”
But Ni Lexiong, a military expert at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, downplayed the severity of the incident.
“Every country’s air force will have accidents,” he said. “It’s just a matter of how many they have.”

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: pilot dies after f-16 jet crashes during drills
 
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