Speaking of which, a series of things happened to the US fighter planes stationed in Japan in just a few days, which caught Biden off guard. The news, which no one cared about, was hyped up in an instant. "Osprey", unmanned drones, and an unnamed helicopter attracted everyone's attention.
Among these fighters, the most eye-catching is the "Osprey". According to statistics, this American "transport plane" has crashed four times in 20 months;Over the past 30 years, more than 60 people have lost their lives. But the Americans insisted on using it, and a few days ago, because of the strong demand of the Japanese side, they grounded all "Ospreys".
Why are Americans so persistent?How could there be so many accidents with this "Osprey"?Moreover, the Americans were so strong just now, why did they "give in" in front of Japan?
"Osprey" was jointly developed by Bell and Boeing, and was only proposed in 1981. The Navy, Air Force and Navy of the United States have also ordered one after another, and there are quite a few of them, and there are still quite a few of them. Of these orders, the Army is the largest.
However, the US side waited for 8 years, that is, in 1989, the "Osprey" made its first flight;Not to mention going to be a soldier. Ten years later, the Osprey was finally delivered to the US Marine Corps in 1999. As for the Air Force and Navy, it's hard to say.
According to common sense, a fighter that has been developed for so long, whether it is performance or safety, cannot be bad. However, just three years after the first flight, a trial production of a "Osprey" had a huge accident, and none of the seven passengers on board were spared. "Osprey", also for this reason, was shut down for almost a year.
The following year, the same thing happened with the "Osprey", this time, 19 passengers died. Since then, the "Osprey" has had accidents from time to time. Since 2010, accidents have become frequent, first biennially and then once a year. Over the course of the year, it has happened four times.
Under such circumstances, the Americans could not "stand up". You must know that in the previous four air crashes, more than 20 people have been killed, which has plunged the Japanese people stationed in the Japan-US ** incident base into great fear. The Japanese side urged the US side to give an explanationA spokesman for China also said that the US team must explain this in order to restore peace in the region.
Of course, the attitude of the Americans has also changed, one is that they found that the problem of the "Osprey" is very large, and it is necessary to repair and improve. On the other hand, it is also for the sake of good relations with Japan, and the United States very much wants Japan to become a pawn for them to contain China.
And the reason why the United States has always used the "Osprey" is also because of the fighting style of the Americans. The US Air Force is now adopting the method of decentralized operations, and to put it bluntly, there is a large base in the back and several small bases in the front.
This requires a lot of manpower and material resources. The danger of the "Osprey" is slightly higher, but it has both the advantages of *** and fixed-wing, can take off vertically, can hover in the air, and can fly more than 500 kilometers per hour, almost twice as much as a helicopter. That's why Americans are obsessed with it.
There is a good saying: There are many accidents in the United States Osprey, and Japan should not be underestimated. China attaches great importance to maintaining order and moving forward with peace.