J-16 locked onto F-22A aircraft, Malaysia was shocked by the US silence: The situation is changing!
Recently, this incident has caused a significant stir internationally, especially within our Asian neighbor circle. Malaysian media wrote an article titled "Cognitive Battle Behind the East China Sea Confrontation," which is very interesting.
They put forward several very specific viewpoints:
1. If the information that J-16 locked onto F-22A is true, this is not just a single aircraft's victory. The key is that it may have been completed with the support of early warning aircraft, ground radar, and data link systems. This means that China is integrating various detection information from the sky, ground, and network to form a systematized detection network.
2. In theory, if one's top-tier stealth aircraft is locked by a non-stealth aircraft, this should be big news, and the US should say something. But strangely enough, the silence from the Pentagon is deafening. In the eyes of Malaysian media, this "strategic ambiguity" itself is a strong signal.
Malaysian media analysis believes that the US is in a dilemma:
If they admit it, it would effectively confirm that the myth of F-22A's stealth is not invulnerable, directly weakening one of the core capabilities that the US military relies on to maintain deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region.
If they firmly deny it, they might need to disclose more details about the incident, such as what the F-22A was doing and its status at the time, which could potentially expose more tactical secrets.
Finally, they concluded that the Pentagon's unusual "silence" and "strategic ambiguity" are seen as a signal that the situation is quietly changing.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1845578422406279/
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