State media has released rare footage of one of the PLA Navy’s most advanced destroyers warning off foreign aircraft near Taiwan with electronic jamming missiles.
CCTV said it was the first time the Yanan had been shown using “electronic countermeasures” in “waters near Taiwan island” to warn off foreign aircraft.
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The report did not specify where or when the encounter took place, or what country the aircraft were from.
In the clip aired on Thursday, a crew member using binoculars appears to detect a potential threat and give orders to the ship’s starboard side to “prepare”.
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The Yanan appears to detect multiple batches of aircraft repeatedly changing direction.
The vessel then switches its radars to high power to expand the search range and prepare missiles for both active and passive jamming, according to the footage.
