Reports from media outlets based on Taiwan have reported that the Japanese military leadership has been highly unsettled, to the point of being “freaked out” in the exact words used in one report, by the results of two engagements between Chinese J-15B and Japanese F-15 fighters on December 6.
Chinese J-15B Fighters and J-15D Electronic Attack Jets During Carrier Operations
Citing senior Japanese defence sources, it was reported that after J-15Bs operating from the aircraft carrier Liaoning locked onto F-15Js, the American-supplied aircraft’s radar warning receivers were only able to notify pilot of the threat after a weapons lock had already been formed.
It was assessed on this basis that in the event of a clash between the two fighter types, the F-15J would have already been close to being destroyed before Japanese pilot had time to react.
Japanese sources have reportedly observed that the F-15J’s radar can track the J-15B at ranges of around 100 kilometres, while the Chinese fighters are estimated to be able to detect the F-15s at ranges of 170 kilometres at the very least.
The incident has thus been described as a “sobering awakening” for the Japanese military apparatus.
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