A Chinese navy warship was heard hailing an American military aircraft near Taiwan on Monday.
has expanded its capabilities and reached further from the mainland, with a view to consolidate the country's maritime and territorial claims in the East and South China seas, and eventually project its forces into the Pacific Ocean.in Chinese naval and air force operations around Taiwan, which sits in the center of the so-called first island chain, the string of U.S.-friendly territories that effectively hemmed in Chinese forces during the Cold War—but no more.
A U.S. Navy EP-3E intelligence-gathering aircraft flies over the East China Sea on September 24, 2021. The EP-3E is among the U.S. Navy planes frequently spotted operating in the skies near Taiwan.Robin Hsu, a former Taiwan navy radar operator, heads a team of part-time enthusiasts who track military movements around the island using open-source software, and listen in on, at times, heated radio exchanges between competing militaries.
At around 1:30 p.m. local time on Monday, Hsu intercepted a PLA broadcast while listening to air traffic airwaves. In the recordings, made available to—pennant number 577—was heard warning an American aircraft to keep its distance. "U.S. aircraft, this is Chinese navy warship 577. Keep a safe distance and safe altitude from me," the PLA radio operator said. The U.S. plane wasn't identified.is assigned to the naval forces of the PLA's Eastern Theater Command, also known as the East Sea Fleet.
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