A PLA Navy H-6G with the serial number 81214 flew through
the Okinawa island chain on 7 December. (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) -
By Deng Xiaoci Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/21
21:08:40
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's South China Sea
Fleet deployed a "new type of electronic warfare aircraft" in its
recent combat maneuvers, a move to greatly enhance the navy's capabilities in
modern warfare to safeguard the country's sea rights, said Chinese military experts.
The 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 "a supporting role in
the electronic warfare," according to Military Time, a China Central
Television CCTV military program on Saturday.
The modified H-6G fitted with ECM pods can engage in
combat missions using electronic jamming, suppression, and anti-radiation, the
program said.
"The main role of the electronic fighters is to
obstruct the enemies' electronic jamming devices - for example, radar, to
temporarily or permanently, if powerful enough, cover the surveillance devices
and to hide our combat platforms' track," Song Zhongping, a military
expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times.
Song added that "the 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."
China 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.
China's JH-7 fighter bomber was also seen carrying such
ECM pods in previous PLA Air Force military practices, according to CCTV.
China's PLA Navy deploys such EMC pods carrying aircraft
together with its warships and other combat vessels for electronic combat
missions and to enhance combat capabilities, Song said.
Original post: globaltimes.cn
ECM pod
An ECM pod is seen beneath a wing of an H-6G plane during
a recent drill. Photo: People’s Daily via China Central TV - atimes.com
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