Chinese Y-8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft Joins the J-20 and Carrier Battle Group in a Show of Force Against Western Forces

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A Venezuelan Army pilot is pictured inside a Chinese-made Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft during military maneuvres in the border state of Apure, southeast of Caracas, on May 12, 2014. The Venezuelan Armed Forces conducted military exercises to test a multiple launch rocket system recently acquired to its ally Russia, the commander of the operation said.

Chinese Y-8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft was sighted in a patrol over the South China Sea as the PLAAF, and the Chinese Navy remained.

It was sighted with the J-20 Mighty Dragon in an airspace Beijing needs to defend as it considers the US Navy's intrusion unwelcomed.

The US Is Contesting China

China has upped the ante in the region with maritime patrol operations and military actions just days after a US destroyer crossed the Taiwan Strait, reported the Eurasian Times.

On May 3, a Chinese Y-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft reportedly conducted a maritime patrol mission near the island of Taiwan in what could be interpreted as a tough response, according to Global Times.

There have been rumors that the Y-8 aircraft was involved in a crash in March of this year.

Most Chinese analysts cited by state-controlled media, whereas the alleged crash has yet to be proven, the Y-8 ASW aircraft is now completely ready to carry out missions at a time while foreign forces have been 'suggestively' sending warships and submarines to the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.

Remarks were an oblique reference to the USS Sampson, which coursed the Taiwan Strait last month in what was described as a routine operation.

Chinese Eastern Command later claimed that the American vessel's movement was shadowed by the PLA and labeled it an act of aggression, noted Newsweek.

The Chinese Y-8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft operation near Taiwan Island emerged just a few weeks after China utilized its most advanced J-20 stealth fighter jet for battle patrols over the East and South China Seas, amid mounting tensions in the region.

A potential threat of a Chinese invasion and regular infiltrations into Taipei's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) has become a significant cause of concern for the island's leaders.

China deployed its Liaoning Aircraft Carrier Group on battle patrols in the Western Pacific earlier this week, which was inferred as a move aimed at power projection in the far seas as hostilities in the Indo-Pacific region soar.

As reported earlier by the EurAsian Times, this same carrier group supposedly traveled the Miyako Strait between Japan's Okinawa Islands and stayed near Japan for some time. Anti-Submarine Aircraft On Duty

Taiwan's Press Release

On the same day, Taiwan's defense authorities released a statement declaring that one PLA Y-8 ASW aircraft arrived in Taiwan's southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ). Flying over the South China Sea between Taiwan and the Taiwan-administered Dongsha Islands.

According to observers, it also appears to be the first document of a Y-8 aircraft from the island's defense authority as of March 1. Over the last two months, the PLA deployed vessel-based anti-submarine warfare helicopters such as the Z-9 and the Ka-28, remarked the island's defense authority.

A Chinese maritime patrol aircraft crashed in the South China Sea in March, Taiwan stated. Duan Dang, a Vietnam-based writer who cited unnamed sources, was the first to disclose the incident on Twitter. He announced on March 1 that the Y-8 Maritime Patrol plane crashed off the coast of Sanya, China's Hainan Island, which runs parallel to northern Vietnam.

Deployment of the Chinese Y-8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft shows that Beijing is not taking chances with submarines out there.