The situation across the Taiwan Strait is getting tense, and the Chinese Communist Party is suspected to have rehearsed live-fire training for the Boom 6 bomb drops. And the U.S. military tit for tat, on the occasion of the Chinese Communist Party’s military aircraft invading Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, the F-16 live fire flies over the South China Sea to strongly suppress the Chinese Communist Party’s provocation. At the same time, the U.S. released a big move to support Taiwan.
The Chinese Communist Party military rehearsed aerial bombing bombing
The Chinese Communist Party’s CCTV reported on the 20th that the Eastern Theater Air Force recently deployed more than a dozen Boom 6 fighter planes, which had conducted a 9-hour “live-fire assault training”. The first view of the Boom 6 was also shown dropping bombs. Some Hong Kong pro-Communist media also deliberately exaggerated that the bomb-dropping air raid drill was notable because the eastern theater of operations is considered a war zone against Taiwan.
CCTV said the training day took off in low-visibility weather. After entering the target area, live fire assaults were conducted on ground targets at different altitudes.
The air raid was also announced by “Air Force News”, the WeChat public website of the Chinese Communist Party’s military news center on the 18th. It is said that the drill was conducted at noon, and the airborne fighters formed a combat echelon to run to an unfamiliar target range. Then, from different directions and at different altitudes, they carried out live-fire assaults on ground targets.
Wang Jiangnan, head of the Communist Air Force flight brigade, said the crew dropped two live rounds. According to the destruction effect analogy, the people on the ground and also vehicles and buildings would be killed and destroyed.
Song Xiaofeng, the commander of the day, also said that through the training, a series of tactical methods of warfare have been worked out and the combat capability has been improved.
Only CCTV did not report on which day this exercise was held, nor did it say where this training was conducted. So one can’t help but wonder if the online game footage was brought out. Even if the Chinese Communist Party did rehearse a live-fire assault, would it be possible to hit Taiwan?
The U.S. F-16 full of air-to-air missiles to fly live ammunition in the South China Sea
The well-known U.S. military website “War Zone” on April 19 exposed some photos of four U.S. F-16 warplanes on April 12, full of air-to-air missiles, from a base in Japan to fly to the South China Sea to carry out the task.
The report said the photos were taken by a Japanese photographer and posted on Twitter. Each of the F-16s can be seen carrying five AIM-120C-7 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles with over-the-horizon strike capability and an AIM-9 Rattlesnake tactical missile.
In addition, each aircraft also carries a new generation of electric warfare pods “AN/ALQ-184” under the belly of the aircraft, which was developed for the F-16 and other models. The pods can be fully automated to scan and jam enemy radar and missile signals flying in the air, as well as receive a variety of radio signals, with functions such as eliminating airborne clutter and identifying and detecting the source of signals.
The report said the photos were taken on April 17, but the four F-16s in the photos had traveled to the South China Sea on April 12. At around 3 p.m. local time on the 17th, they landed at Yokota Air Base, probably to refuel. They then took off again at 5 p.m. that day and returned to Misawa Air Base, which is where they were deployed.
According to flight tracking data, at least four U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft were active in the airspace south of Taiwan that day. The four F-16s flew over the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier after entering the South China Sea.
This is an interesting revelation from the “war zone”. As you may recall, on April 12, the Chinese Communist Party sent 25 military aircraft to invade Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone. This is the largest number of sorties sent by the Chinese Communist Party since the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China announced its military developments.
When these two messages are read together, it is easy to see the problem. It is very rare for U.S. F-16s to fly to the South China Sea with live weapons on board, especially over Japan. The “war zone” believes “this is not just a simple long-range training mission,” but “a signal to the Chinese Communist military, perhaps even a contingency operation.”
The “war zone” pointed out that the F-16s showed up, apparently to cooperate with the Roosevelt aircraft carrier’s operations. Although not necessarily related to the intrusion of Chinese military aircraft into Taiwan, it highlights the fact that during a major crisis, the U.S. would project “road-based air warfare forces into the region, including around Taiwan.
It has always been said that the Chinese Communist Party is not to die, not to die, but to make. The U.S. military has issued a more targeted warning to the Chinese Communist Party. Not only is the USS Roosevelt carrier strike group cruising in the South China Sea to strongly suppress the Chinese Communist Party’s Liaoning, but F-16s in actual combat status are flying in the South China Sea. The Chinese Communist Party does not understand good words, it only understands the fist.
The United States will sell Taiwan self-propelled guns and long-range missiles
On the 19th, officials from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of China confirmed that it is buying 40 M109A6 Paladin-type self-propelled guns from the United States, and is also seeking to buy AGM-158 long-range air-launched cruise missiles from the U.S. military. This is a big move by the U.S. to support Taiwan.
The United Daily News, which first reported the news of the Biden administration’s arms sale to Taiwan, reported that the American Institute in Taiwan has informed the Taiwanese side that it will sell such self-propelled guns to Taiwan. In the near future, the Pentagon will notify the U.S. Congress of the announcement of the arms sale to Taiwan.
However, Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Chui-ching cautiously said that the case has been promoted for a long time, but no official notification from the U.S. side has been received yet.
The Director General of Strategic Planning of the Ministry of National Defense, Li Shiqiang, then said that all announced arms sales are progressing normally, and that the remaining Air Force AGM158 long-range cruise missile is still being continuously pursued. He also stressed that the communication channel between the U.S. and Taiwan is “smooth and normal”.
The BBC pointed out that if this arms sale is confirmed, it will be the first arms sale to Taiwan since Biden took office, a little earlier than the first arms sale by the Trump administration.
According to public information, the M109A6 self-propelled gun is the main land artillery gun of the U.S. artillery unit and has quite superior performance. It can be fired in less than a minute from receiving the order, completing the firing preparation to firing. It can have a maximum range of 24 kilometers and can bombard 30 kilometers if using extended range ammunition. If combined with the precision-guided M982 “Excalibur”, it can bomb 40 kilometers of targets.
The United Daily News said that the self-propelled artillery shells can be fired using radar to implement ballistic calculations and automatically set the target and the survivorship, so that “one vehicle can produce the effect of an artillery company”.
Dr. Lin Yingyou of the Institute of Strategic and International Affairs at Taiwan’s National Chung Cheng University told the BBC that Taiwan’s existing artillery cannot be linked to the U.S. military system or new military equipment such as Taiwan’s Apache warplanes. Self-propelled guns can bridge this “digital” barrier.
Yao Cheng, a former lieutenant colonel in the mainland Navy, told Free Asia that the procurement and deployment of the U.S. Army’s M109A6 self-propelled gun is essential. If the Communist forces violate Taiwan by force, the first round of attack will definitely be an all-round firepower saturation attack. The first strike of short- and medium-range missiles would basically target the 12 airfields, military docks, artillery positions, ground missile silos and beachhead fortifications of the National Army. With self-propelled artillery, the National Army, under the command of mobile communications, could do rapid counter-fire coverage against the Communist forces.
Taiwan’s National Policy Research Foundation associate researcher Li Zhengxiu also believes that if it has self-propelled artillery, Taiwan’s defensive warfare capabilities will be greatly enhanced and can effectively deter communist forces from committing Taiwan’s intentions.
According to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense officials, Taiwan is also seeking to purchase the AGM-158 missile. This is currently one of the most advanced cruise missiles, with stealth capabilities of its own, and can operate day and night all-weather, with a range of nearly a thousand kilometers. Taiwan’s existing F16 warplanes can also carry this missile.
Lockheed Martin, which developed the missile, said the missile is designed to destroy high-value, heavily defended fixed or moving targets. And it can be launched far enough away so that the aircraft launching the missile can stay away from local air defenses.
Reuters notes that Taiwan is in the process of modernizing its military and hopes to use it to provide a more effective deterrent for its military. This includes launching counterattacks against Chinese military bases in non-coastal areas in the event of an armed conflict across the Strait.
Imagine if the Chinese Communist Party launched a forceful attack on Taiwan, then Taiwan’s F16s could potentially carry such long-range missiles to bomb the South China Sea. If the United States were to sell such missiles to Taiwan, then this would not be a pipe dream. At that time, would the Beijing authorities still dare to remotely control the Chinese Communist Party military planes to harass Taiwan?
Of course we still can’t say too much, as said before, the CCP will make it or die, which is already a hard fact.
Chinese Communist Party members went to Japan to attack the communist army behind the scenes
On the 20th, the Tokyo Police Department charged a thirty-something CCP member who is also a CCP engineer, although the man has already left Japan. The charges allege that he was allegedly involved in launching cyber attacks against the space agency JAXA and some 200 Japanese companies and research institutions in 2016. The Nikkei Asian Review cited sources as pointing to the Chinese Communist Party military as being behind the cyberattack.
The CCP suspect, a systems engineer for a Chinese Communist telecom company, had entered Japan in 2016, police said. From 2016 to 2018, he rented a server in Japan under a false name five times and transmitted the rented server ID and other information back to a hacker group called “Tick.
The “Tick” hacker group then used the rented servers to carry out cyber attacks on JAXA and important defense-related companies, with more than 200 targets attacked. “Tick is a hacker group with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party’s military, and is part of the Communist Party’s Cyber Systems Department.
Today, Japan’s Tokyo Police Department has charged the Chinese Communist Party member.
Japan Broadcasting Association (JAXA) NHK reported that a person belonging to the Chinese Communist military’s “Unit 61419” had instructed another Chinese man who entered Japan to rent a server under a false name as well.
The head of JAXA said that there was indeed a cyber attack, but the other party did not steal the information. Japanese police said the possibility that the Chinese Communist hacker group took orders from the Chinese Communist military to carry out the organized attack is high.
Unit 61419 is a unit that specializes in cyber attacks against Japan, and the CCP also has a unit 61398, which is an organization that specializes in cyber attacks against the U.S. In May 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against five cyber spies from Unit 61398 as well.
So you can imagine why Japan has recently taken a more proactive response to the CCP, the reason being the growing threat from the CCP. The Chinese Communist Party’s tossing and turning has unsettled its four neighbors and forced them to make countermeasures.
This prosecution of hackers is another new move Japan has made against the CCP in the recent past, and I believe there may be more to come. Because Japan has put up with the Chinese Communist Party for a long time, and has been suffering from the Communist Party for a long time.
In fact, even the pro-communist Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, he also feels that he can’t tolerate the Chinese Communist Party now.
Philippines sends warships if it draws a red line against the Communist Party on mining
In a public speech on the evening of the 19th, Duterte said, “I am not very interested in the fishing industry. I don’t think there are enough fisheries resources to warrant a fight. But if it’s mining, oil, at that point I will send warships to claim sovereignty.”
Duterte was quoted by Reuters as saying that if the Chinese Communist Party began to extract oil in the South China Sea, even though he wanted to maintain friendly relations with Beijing, he would tell the Chinese Communist Party, “Is this part of the agreement? If it’s not part of the agreement, then I will extract oil there as well.”
This is the strongest signal we have heard so far from Duterte to the CCP. In the past, Duterte has been reluctant to confront the Chinese Communist Party leadership in order to seek an alliance with them.
Duterte has repeatedly said that a Philippine challenge to the CCP could trigger a war, and that the Philippines may not win that battle. But he argues that it is impossible to implement a landmark 2016 arbitration ruling that clarified Philippine sovereignty over its exclusive economic zone “without any bloodshed.
The Chinese Communist Party has previously promised billions of dollars in loans and investments to the Philippines, most of which have not materialized. Recently, the Chinese Communist Party has sent a large number of fishing boats to the bilaterally disputed waters. The Chinese Communist Party claims that the fishing boats are sheltering from the storm, but for weeks on end, the Chinese Communist Party still does not remove the boats.
Martinson, a research fellow at the U.S. Naval War College’s Maritime Studies Institute, and Erickson, a professor at the U.S. Naval War College, jointly wrote in Foreign Policy that the “standby” of those boats staying near Niu Yoke Reef in the South China Sea means only one thing: they are deliberately staying there. According to the article, those so-called “fishermen” are undoubtedly members of the “Chinese Communist Party’s maritime militia.
The Chinese Communist Party’s maritime armies have long been stationed in the disputed waters, which is why Philippine Defense Secretary Lorenzana previously criticized that “the Chinese Communist Party’s aim is to try to occupy more space in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.”
The reaction to the move of the CCP militia vessels was not strong, although Duterte had some reaction, saying that the CCP vessels were illegally entering the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone. As a result, there has been growing domestic criticism of Duterte in the Philippines for being too soft on his knees in front of Beijing and not going to urge the CCP to comply with the arbitration results.
Under the pressure of domestic criticism, Duterte finally drew a red line to the CCP that if the CCP dares to exploit oil in the disputed waters, it is intolerable and will bring its warships there then. This means to tell the CCP that although it knows that challenging the CCP may lead to war, and although it also knows that it may not win, it will have to fight when the time comes, because that is to claim sovereignty.
In other words, the Chinese Communist Party has cornered Duterte and has to draw a red line against the Chinese Communist Party.
The woman who was detained for “defending her rights” on the roof of the car, the official media group bites Tesla
A woman jumped on the roof of a Tesla car to defend her rights at the auto show being held in Shanghai on the 19th, attracting a lot of attention. But today (20), the Chinese official media have been blasting Tesla, which has attracted even more attention. Tesla issued a statement of apology at 12:00 p.m. when the incident developed.
Yesterday was the first day of the Shanghai Auto Show, and suddenly a woman wearing a T-shirt with the words “brake failure” broke into the Tesla exhibit. She climbed on the roof of the Tesla Model 3 and kept shouting “Tesla brakes are not working”. The incident attracted a lot of onlookers, and the staff then pulled the woman down and was taken away by the police.
On the 20th Shanghai Public Security Qingpu Branch informed that the 32-year-old woman involved, Zhang Mou, caused a certain degree of damage to the vehicle. The company is currently in administrative detention for 5 days for “disturbing public order”.
According to the woman, she was driving a Tesla Model 3 when her brakes failed in February this year, causing her to crash into two cars and nearly killing four family members. However, Tesla responded by saying that data showed that at the time of the accident, the vehicle was traveling at 118.5 mph and the brakes and warning system were functioning properly. There has been no proper resolution between the two sides so far.
After the woman was taken away from the scene, Tesla vice president Tao Lin told mainland media Caijing magazine yesterday (19) that Tesla had offered many solutions and was willing to pay for her vehicle to be tested. But they did not cooperate and insisted on demanding a high amount of compensation.
Tao Lin confessed, “I think she (the woman involved) is also very professional, and there should be (someone) behind it.” She said that many companies have encountered similar problems in the development process, “Today it’s Tesla, tomorrow it’s other (companies).” Tesla could not compromise.
But the matter did not end with the five-day detention of the woman surnamed Zhang, and today the Chinese Communist Party’s official media once again joined the fray, repeatedly bombarding Tesla.
Hu Xijin led the charge, saying that Tesla “has to pay the price of its reputation for failing to handle the dispute with its customers,” and that “the impact of this incident on its reputation is definitely negative.” He also said that the head of Tesla’s “tough pronouncements after the incident are uncomfortable”.
Then “Chang’an Jian”, a WeChat public website of the CPC Political and Legal Committee, said that Tesla “cannot provide owners with safe and reliable products, and cannot provide practical solutions when problems arise, but repeatedly explodes safety accidents, putting owners in danger again and again. “. He also claimed that “if you do business in China, you have to comply with Chinese laws and regulations” and so on.
Then the Chinese Communist Party’s Xinhua News Agency, after criticizing Tesla on the 19th, issued another article today, calling on the “relevant departments” to strengthen supervision to see if Tesla is “bullying its customers”. It also asked, “Tesla executives arrogantly responded, who gave Tesla the courage to ‘not compromise’?”
After a series of bombardment by the Chinese Communist Party’s official media, Tesla issued an apology statement on Weibo at 12:00 pm. It said it was “sorry for not being able to solve the owner’s problem in time” and would “learn from the lessons and take stock” to safeguard consumer rights.
I won’t comment on the woman’s situation, but some netizens have expressed doubts. A Twitter user said, “The acting is too revealing. Others said, “I’m not saying that advocacy is bad. Lying is the norm, there is no pursuit of facts, and lying and distortion of facts for profit abound.”
Actually, it was more of a mockery of the CCP’s official media, with one tweeter saying, “It feels like Xinhua’s style is no different from that of a shrew.”
Xinhua’s criticism of Tesla’s “arrogance” is not the first time, the Central News Agency pointed out. Last November, Xinhua also published an article criticizing Tesla’s “rudeness and arrogance cannot be accustomed to”.
A netizen commented, “The aim of the Communist Party is simple: to attract Tesla in, then slowly steal the technology, and then launch Huawei driverless to replace it. Tesla’s fate will sooner or later be the same as Samsung, completely uprooted by the Communist Party.”
The fact that Tesla issued a late-night statement apologizing is already able to tell us something. Tesla is going to have a tougher time in China after the Communist Party’s official media frenzy.
As I said in my previous program, Mast should have seen long ago that there are only two outcomes to doing business in the CCP ruled area. One is that Tesla executives are bought by the CCP’s United Front and become a tool of the CCP against the US; the other is that after Tesla’s technology is stolen by CCP companies, the CCP sweeps Tesla, which has no value for use, out of the house.
See, this time the official media group bites Tesla, perhaps it is the prelude to the Chinese Communist Party to go after Tesla. If Mast is sober, he should get out of the wrong place now before the technology is completely stolen.
In the 1980s, the Argentine military government decided to attack the British colony of Fukushima in order to deflect various crises. After occupying Fukushima, Argentina quickly changed its commitment, much to the anger of Fukushima residents. After diplomatic efforts failed, the powerful British army launched a counterattack and quickly recaptured Fukushima. This event also led directly to the fall of the Argentine military government. In this Fukushima war, we may have seen the shadow of the Chinese Communist Party in advance.
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