INP
\nBEIJING
\nThe People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy\u2019s South China Sea Fleet deployed a \u201cnew type of electronic warfare aircraft\u201d in its recent combat manoeuvres, a move to greatly enhance the navy\u2019s capabilities in modern warfare to safeguard the country\u2019s sea rights, said Chinese military experts.
\nThe new aircraft is the H-6G bomber developed for 10 years with the Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pods being equipped underneath its wings. It was the first time the bomber played \u201ca supporting role in the electronic warfare,\u201d according to Military Time, a China Central Television CCTV military program.
\nThe modified H-6G fitted with ECM pods can engage in combat missions using electronic jamming, suppression, and anti-radiation, the program said.
\n\u201cThe main role of the electronic fighters is to obstruct the enemies\u2019 electronic jamming devices – for example, radar, to temporarily or permanently, if powerful enough, cover the surveillance devices and to hide our combat platforms\u2019 track,\u201d Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator said.
\nSong added that \u201cthe H-6G electronic warfare aircraft boasts of high electronic jamming power and can cover relatively bigger combat areas such as the South China Sea and East China Sea.\u201d
\nChina has developed advanced and standardized ECM pods to modify multiple types of fighter jets for such combat requirements, such as the J-15 type fighter jets. Using the ECM pods in fighters is the most efficient and effective way, Song noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INP BEIJING The People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy\u2019s South China Sea Fleet deployed a \u201cnew type of electronic warfare aircraft\u201d in its recent combat manoeuvres, a move to greatly enhance the navy\u2019s capabilities in modern warfare to safeguard the country\u2019s sea rights, said Chinese military experts. The new aircraft is the H-6G bomber developed for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n