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13 June 2023
by Akhil Kadidal
Information provided by the Taiwanese and Japanese governments shows that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army operated two SAIC Y-9 communications countermeasures aircraft in the Taiwan air defence identification zone on 8 June 2023. The aircraft subsequently operated south of the Japan ADIZ. (Taiwan MND/Japan MoD/Janes)
A new special mission aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been identified after the aircraft flew into Japan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on 8 June.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) released an image of the aircraft on 9 June.
Janes
has identified the new aircraft as a Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Corporation (SAIC) Y-9 DZ aircraft. The aircraft potentially has the Chinese designation of GX-12. The aircraft is very likely a multimission electronic warfare-electronic intelligence (EW-ELINT) aircraft.
“The Y-9 intelligence-gathering aircraft of China in question is different from the Y-9 intelligence-gathering aircraft that we have confirmed so far [during] anti-airspace intrusion measures,” the Japanese MoD said. “This is the first time that we have confirmed this aircraft.”
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