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Yesterday, China’s CGTN station released a video with the content “bragging” that the country’s fighter jets have been flying for 10 hours straight in the South China Sea. This is the latest “record” for the country’s air force, while the previous “record” was 8 hours and 30 minutes.
However, the clip above does not detail when the flight was made, where the flight was from …
Image of 4 Su-30 aircraft participating in a continuous 10-hour flight in the South China Sea in August 2020 Photo: Hunan Province Television |
Fighters fly for 10 hours straight
Meanwhile, last August, the blade Hoan Cau Times newspaper There are reports that the Chinese Air Force has just sent Su-30 fighter jets for a 10-hour continuous flight in the South China Sea.
Consequently, the flight was carried out by the air force of the Chinese Army’s Southern War Zone and the flight journey was extended to the Xu Bi rock field in the Spratly archipelago under Vietnamese sovereignty, but it was being National illegal occupation.
The article revealed that during the flight, the Su-30 was refueled in the air once and the pilot ate it during the flight to restore health, because normally a pilot flight is flying the plane. the fighter only lasted about 4-5 hours.
Hoan Cau Times newspaper He quoted a military expert from this country as saying that this development “has important value” in the operation of the country’s air force in the East Sea.
In fact, in recent time, China has built many infrastructures to serve the deployment of fighters in the Cross, Vanh Khan and Xu Bi rocks in the Spratly archipelago under Vietnamese sovereignty, but China National illegal occupation.
However, the article revealed that the maintenance of Chinese fighter jets in illegally occupied entities in the Spratly Islands is having difficulties for many reasons. Therefore, the country’s air force needs to increase its long-range strike capabilities to deploy combat operations directly from bases on the continent.
At the same time leaf Hoan Cau Times newspaper published the above information, the government television of the province of Hunan (China) also published a clip that was supposed to have been recorded from the raid operation. In it, the image shows the participation of four Su-30 aircraft and also the aerial refueling.
Chinese fighters refuel the air during a flight in the South China Sea for more than eight hours in August 2020 Hunan Province Television |
Many intentions
With long-range strategic bombers like China’s H-6, it is not too difficult to make continuous 10-hour flights, because the nature of the plane is different from that of the fighter. .
However, flying such a long flight is a great challenge for a fighter, because it requires the skills of the pilot and the corresponding support system, according to Dr. Satoru Nagao (Hudson Research Institute, USA). comment when answering Youth.
Meanwhile, long-range bombers always need a fighter escort. Therefore, the fighters also have to improve their flight ability continuously for a long time to undertake the protection of long-range bombers. By doing this, the Chinese air force can afford to carry out long-range strike missions with bombers. Because this is a type of fighter that can carry a large number of strategic weapons, including bombs and missiles that contain nuclear warheads.
Thus, the fact that Chinese fighters conduct continuous 10-hour flights shows that the country has taken a new step in long-range strike capabilities in the South China Sea. That is no small risk for the South China Sea when Beijing constantly displays its ambition to monopolize this sea.
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