H-ASIA
April 8, 2001

From the Peoples Daily Strong Country Web Forum: Suggestion for Handling
the Air Collision Incident and Better Aircraft Interception Methods.
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Ed. note:  H-ASIA member David Cowhig has kindly supplied the following as
a piece of evidence which may be of scholarly interest.  Please note that
the original item ws published anonymously.                   FFC
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From: David Cowhig <dcowhig@public3.bta.net.cn>

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From an anonymous posting on the People's Daily Strong Country Forum.
Perhaps a bit on the extreme side and just one of many possible points
of view, but the analysis is interesting.  Alishan Tiger (taking its
name from the mountain in Taiwan) is posting a copy of an article by Big
Cat. A check of the Strong Country Forum database shows 45 articles
posted by (although, as below, not necessarily authored by) Alishan
Tiger since March 29.

Chinese text at
http://bbs.peopledaily.com.cn/cgi-bbs/ReadFile?whichfile=2096362&typeid=14

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Great Efforts by the Cat: Some Suggestions for Reference on the Air
Collision Incident (Version 4.0) and Two Improved Aircraft Interception
Methods For the Future

posted By: Alishan Tiger    April 7, 2001, 11:23:32

a copy of

With respect to Some Suggestions for Reference on the Air Collision
Incident (Version 4.0) and Two Improved Aircraft Interception Methods
For the Future

By: Big Cat

1. First find a "hotel" to house and feed the U.S. group and then decide
see what happens to decide how to handle the situation.  (This has
already been done.  The U.S. group is now housed in a "guesthouse". )

2. As for the aircraft, perform "maintenance" and an "inspection".
Everything must be carefully "inspected". (This has already been done.
Very good!  Although some data and equipment have already been destroyed,
but quite a lot of clues have been left behind which will be made very
good use of.)

3. The media should "suggest" that the "charges" should be made against
the perpetrators.  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in no hurry to
express a view on this. This process can be carried forward or delayed
in order to put more pressure on the United States and especially on the
family members of the 24 U.S. military air bandits.  This will bring a
lot of pressure to bear on the U.S. government.  Since the U.S.
government does not know if the Chinese government will bring charges
against the 24 spies then the U.S. will not dare to raise the level of
its response.  In particular it will not dare to make any major moves on
the question of arms sales to Taiwan, WTO, most favored nation status
etc.  We have to bring our own Chinese media fully into play!  That is
critical!  Big Cat believes that we haven't done this as well as the
United States has. We must learn from them.  We should bring in some
retired generals and members of the People's Consultative Congress to
make some very strong statements in order to put psychological pressure
on the U.S. government.  Now since these people are not the Chinese
government, this still leaves open the options of the Chinese
government.  Don't members of the U.S. Congress often sing a different
tune than the U.S. government?  Why don't we sing in the same way!

4. Drag it out over several months.  During this period conduct
Sino-U.S. negotiations on various issues such as WTO and weapons sales.
If we focus more than usual on contentious issues during this period, we
will be able to get things done with less background noise.  The
handling of this high profile incident is an example.

5. No matter what the situation of the aviator is, he should be reported
as lost.  Then a group of family members should meet with the U.S.
military to "hold them to account" [zhaoshu].  Clearly, not enough of
this has been done.  Arrangements should be made for a group of family
members to protest at the U.S. Embassy and tell the whole world and the
mass media in particular the suffering that this affair has caused them.

6. As for the investigation, release the American military members who
do not have "direct responsibility in the perpetration" of the affair.
After the investigation has gone on for a while, such as, for example,
considerable progress has been made in the analysis of the U.S. spy
plane, and the attitude of the U.S. government has improved, then a
further release of U.S. military members should be considered so that
each and every one of the spies becomes a card in our hand.

7. Once negotiations for compensation for the damage to our aircraft are
concluded, we can then release the ones who are "directly responsible
for the affair."  That would probably mean the pilot and the commander of
the aircraft.  I would like to see them sentenced to several years in
prison but it would be better to use them as pawns!  If the U.S. has a
bad attitude, we can sentence them to prison for a few years.

8. Finally, once the aircraft has been completely studied, it should be
returned to the Americans packed away in freight containers.

We mustn't be too easy. "If you attack me, I'll attack you."
[Translator's note: Misprint in Chinese text "I'll attack me." End
note].  We must do what needs to be done. Let's not be scared by the
ferocious face of the imperialist paper tiger!

My friends, before resolving this incident, lets consider the plus and
minuses of making a strike to respond to the recent string of challenges
to Chinese sovereignty in the Chinese Nansha Qundao [Translator's note:
often called the South Spratley's in English, although Chinese
dictionaries use their Chinese romanization as their English name. End
note]  Big Cat believes that the day will come when the advantages will
exceed the disadvantages and that we will take advantage of that to
recover the Nansha Qundao.  The United States will not dare to
interfere.  We must wait for the right time, until the wood has been
made into a boat and they won't be able to do anything about it.

What to call the 24 American spies? I think it is best to call them
the "crew members of the spy plane" because their plane is a spy plane.
Calling them that will emphasize their identity, remind the whole world
what they were doing, and why they came to Chinese territory.  Calling
they themselves spies would not be appropriate because only people with
ordinary status who gather information within Chinese territory can be
called spies.  But not calling them by some name would not call
attention to their mission.

How to improve upon the present method of interception:

Big Cat greatly admires the "fight it out nose-to-nose in aerial combat"
of our Air Force.   Big Cat believes that a great deal of propaganda
work should be done about these glorious deeds.  But using a small
highly maneuverable fighter plane to collide with  [Translator's note:
the expression "yong xiao qiao zhandouji qu zhuangdao"  clearly
indicates an intentional bumping of the U.S. plane. End note]  a much
larger reconnaissance aircraft, the aircraft that will be damaged the
most will certainly be the fighter plane unless the fighter plane is
allowed to open fire.

Big Cat believes that there are two methods that can be used to prevent
American planes coming to perform reconnaissance missions at will:

1. Refit old Yak-5 and Yak-6 aircraft as drones and control them
remotely from our aircraft.  When foreign aircraft "preparing to intrude
on Chinese airspace", these drones can be sent to fly near the aircraft
"preparing to intrude on Chinese airspace,"  In that situation, the
aircraft "preparing to intrude on Chinese airspace" will not dare to
make any wild movements or else the manned aircraft would be challenging
the unmanned aircraft, and the loser would be the manned aircraft.
Moreover, once up  to 3000 old aircraft are refitted for remote control,
a guidance system can be added that turns them into cruise missiles.  In
a future battle in the Taiwan straits, this method can be used to smash
Taiwan's air defenses.  Even if them have some Space Shield it won't
help them because those 3000 airplanes will be too much for them.  How
many missiles would our brothers in the KMT military have to fire to
shoot them all down! Ha ha!

2. Make a jammer pod.  Spy planes carry very sensitive electronic
equipment.  Ultrasenstive equipment is very vulnerable to damage from
interference.  If a high power, all frequency jammer pod were to be flown
by a Chinese aircraft right up next to an American aircraft, one the
pilot pressed the button the spy plane would pick up a "zhi zhi zhi zhi"
sound that might even make some of its equipment smoke.  If that
happened, what use would it be for them to fly in that area?

Some people say jamming would also affect China. That is possible but it
is avoidable if the jammer had a directional antenna that was pointed
towards a spy aircraft just a few hundred meters away and electronic
equipment on Chinese aircraft were switched off for a time.  If Chinese
electronic equipment was needed, the jamming could be switched off for
temporarily.  Alternatively, the jamming equipment might exclude a small
band of frequencies for communications.  These strategies can minimize
the harmful effects Chinese jamming would have on the Chinese side.
Since the jammer can be flown to within a few hundred meters of the spy
aircraft, and the direction of jamming pointed away from the Chinese
mainland the jamming intensity can be high for the spy aircraft but at a
much lower level for Chinese aircraft.  The effect on land based
electronic equipment on the Chinese side would be even smaller. Two
months analyzing the systems on the spy plane should be enough.    END

forwarded by David Cowhig
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