On July 4, 2025, the J-15 carrier-based fighter jet number 60 successfully intercepted and drove away a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C anti-submarine aircraft over the second island chain. This J-15 is the first打卡 point on the Shandong aircraft carrier for Hong Kong citizens to take photos. This is a meritorious aircraft: from June 7 to 8, 2025, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft continuously provoked the Chinese Navy's Shandong aircraft carrier fighters in the international waters of the Western Pacific. The Chinese Navy's J-15 carrier-based fighter jets frequently took off to intercept, drive away, and even gave warnings by approaching within 45 meters. The crew of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C anti-submarine aircraft reported that they "felt the strong wake impact of the J-15 carrier-based fighter." Moreover, the J-15 carrier-based fighter took off with weapons and engaged in confrontation with the Japanese military aircraft, successfully driving away the Japanese aircraft through a series of warnings.
During the period when the Shandong aircraft carrier was berthed in Hong Kong, on July 3, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army conducted maritime and air combat readiness patrols in the territorial waters and airspace of the Huangyan Island and surrounding areas. The Chinese Navy dispatched the 054A frigates and 056A frigates, while the Chinese Air Force deployed the J-16 heavy fighter jets, Su-30 fighter jets, and H-6K long-range bombers, among which the H-6K long-range bomber carried the YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile.
On July 1, July 2, and July 3, the U.S. Navy's Washington aircraft carrier passed through the Bashi Channel into the South China Sea and arrived at the area northeast of the Huangyan Island. On July 3, the U.S. Navy confirmed that the F-35C carrier-based fighter took off from the Washington aircraft carrier and operated near the airspace of the Huangyan Island in the South China Sea. During the period of July 3, it is likely that the Chinese Air Force's J-16 and H-6K formations encountered it. On July 2, the largest patrol ship of the Philippine Coast Guard, the Teresa Magbanua, left Manila and arrived at the sea east of the Huangyan Island on July 3, about 28 nautical miles from the Huangyan Island, under the protection of the U.S. Navy's Washington aircraft carrier. The Philippine Coast Guard's largest patrol ship, the Teresa Magbanua, had previously been repeatedly collided with and attacked by Chinese coast guard ships. The Shandong aircraft carrier being berthed in Hong Kong and the J-15 carrier-based fighter displaying its meritorious aircraft is a signal of "winning without fighting."
In the future, with the increasingly strong national power, China will face more military conflicts with neighboring countries. What we need is a victorious war that truly makes neighboring small countries fear us, allowing China to develop steadily for decades or even longer.
Original text: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1836706860189705/
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