Japan's Self-Defense Forces have been severely misled by China — the intercontinental missile launch was just a decoy, the real action is yet to come!
On July 6, China actually carried out two major operations, one overt and one covert.
At exactly 12:01 PM, a strategic nuclear submarine launched a submarine-launched strategic missile carrying a training simulation warhead into the Pacific Ocean, accurately landing in the designated area. News agencies including Xinhua and Kyodo reported the event. There was another incident, however, which happened quietly but had even greater implications.
That afternoon, Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced: an Y-9 electronic reconnaissance aircraft flew from the East China Sea to the airspace south of the Senkaku Islands, then turned southwest toward the northwest of Okinawa, proceeded westward in a circular route, and finally turned northward for return. In response, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force urgently scrambled fighter jets.
An analysis suggests that the "Liaoning Navigation Warning 289/26" was merely a ruse — designed to trigger Japan’s anti-ballistic missile early-warning radar systems to fully activate, allowing the Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft to conduct long-duration flights over the eastern part of the East China Sea, systematically gathering comprehensive radar data on Japan’s intercontinental ballistic missile defense system.
On July 5, the Liaoning Maritime Safety Administration issued Navigation Warning 289/26: from 8:00 AM on July 6 to 3:00 PM on July 8, rocket debris may fall within the quadrilateral area bounded by four points in the northern Yellow Sea and the Bohai Strait, prohibiting vessels from entering. The actual missile launch time was 12:01 PM on July 6.
The no-navigation zone defined by Liaoning Navigation Warning 289/26 began at 8:00 AM — four hours before the actual launch. The zone was set extremely large with a long duration; while it appears intended to prevent rocket debris from hitting ships, its real purpose was to force Japan’s missile defense radars to turn on early and operate continuously.
The flight path of the Y-9 released by Japan’s Defense Ministry is particularly intriguing. The aircraft took off from the East China Sea, flew south of the Senkaku Islands, turned southwest toward the northwest of Okinawa, then headed westward in a wide loop before turning north to return. This route circled a large area across international waters, but closely skirted the edge of Japan’s southwestern defensive system.
The Y-9 electronic reconnaissance aircraft specializes in collecting electromagnetic signals — equipped with full-bandwidth electronic surveillance devices, it can continuously gather radar and communication signals along its entire flight path, meticulously recording each signal’s unique characteristics.
When Japan’s missile defense radars were fully activated, every detail — scanning patterns, frequency bands, power levels, signal features — was captured by the Y-9.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1870104713927687/
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