Time to enterAfter March 2024,Messages about the "participation of the F-35 in the operation in Ukraine" appear frequently on the Internet.
And there are many other news around this news, such as the American F-35 attacked the Russian air defense position, the Russian S-400 air defense missile was completely unable to perceive the F-35 and was destroyed, etc. So is this news true or false?
The answer is,It's fake news, and it's the standard fake news.
The earliest origin of this fake news came from Singapore's Minister of Defense, Ng Eng Hen.
Back on February 28, 2024At the time, Singapore's Minister of Defence Ng Eng HenEverAt the Singapore defense conference, it was openly stated that the American F-35 had entered Ukraine and entered the war,Help Ukraine scan Russia's air defense bases on the battlefield and relay the message to NATO.
Ordinary people will be convinced when they see this news, after all, it is the defense minister of a country who said this kind of thing, so how can it be fake?
In factThis is really fake news.
Don't see the label of "Singapore's Minister of Defense" on Wong Eng Hen and think that what people say must be true, in factIn many countries, the defense minister is a completely fictitious post, and there are many people who are full of trains.
And we also have to take into account the military level of Singapore itself.
After all, Singapore is only a small country with a population of less than 6 million people, and it is less than the size of a city in China.
With Singapore's military level, it is naturally impossible to support a strong intelligence service.
Moreover, Singapore is not a member of NATO or a member of the Five Eyes Alliance, so it does not have access to US intelligence.
So how did the Minister of Defense of Singapore learn that the F-35 participated in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict?
With the criterion that "the Kremlin can get intelligence faster, usually faster than at 10 Downing Street", it is even more unlikely that Singapore will know whether there are F-35 fighters on the battlefield in Ukraine under the premise that Russia does not know this information.
So the conclusion is that Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen is running a train with his mouth full of mouths and fabricating a fake news.
As for why Huang Yonghong fabricated this fake news, it is likely to be related to Singapore's current defense direction, that is, to increase defense investment.
The background to Wong's claim that the F-35 has entered Ukraine's war was the National Defense Conference held in Singapore on February 28.
As Singapore's Minister of Defense, Huang Yonghong discussed at this ** meetingIncrease Singapore's defence investment.
Singapore's main defense pressure** In Malaysia,In order to confront Malaysia, Singapore's defense strategy is that the military can resist Malaysia for a certain period of time, as long as it is carried by the United States or the international community, then it can turn the crisis into safety.
However, Singapore's defense minister, Ng Eng Hen, said at the debate that Singapore should increase investment in defense and enhance Singapore's own military power.
According to Wong, the war between Ukraine and the Middle East is intensifying, and it could reach Singapore at any time. And the American F-35 is a fighter with a very bright future from a large number of overseas orders, and it is worth buying.
When mentioning that the F-35 fighter is worth buying, Huang Yonghong mentioned it"The F-35 is already fighting in Ukraine, scanning Russian air defense positions".
And the original intention of saying this is actually to emphasize the multi-function of the F-35 fighter, and Singapore can still use it as a reconnaissance plane after buying it, so it is not a loss to buy it.
As for the fact that "the F-35 has already entered the war in Ukraine", it is a false news that he said in order to confirm his opinion.
Huang Yonghong himself did not expect this news to cause a storm in China and even internationally. After Huang Yonghong said this, the United States came out to refute the rumors.
At a press conference at the Pentagon on March 4,A Pentagon spokesman saiddenied the participation of the US F-35 in the war.
As for the situation in which the Russian air defense system was hit in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it is actually a very normal situation.
After all, how can there be no war without losses, in the case of Ukraine and Russia fighting for 2 years, Ukraine more or less has some means against Russia.
According to some Ukrainian ** revelations,The Ukrainian side sent some infiltration troops into the positions of the Russian army and destroyed Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles and other air defense systems.
Maybe the fake news that "the F-35 destroyed the S-400 anti-aircraft missile" is that many people have mixed up multiple news.
A lot of people are talking about the fake news that "the F-35 destroyed the S-400 anti-aircraft missile."In essence, I am still worried about the S-400 air defense system that China bought.
In fact, we don't need to worry at all, becauseModern air defense systems are no longer a simple and independent system,It has a complete and vast network.
To put it simply, a set of S-400 air defense systems is like a heavy machine gun. It seems that a heavy machine gun cannot play any decisive advantage on the battlefield, but what if this heavy machine gun is added with a chassis, armor, a 125 mm caliber gun?
Then the heavy machine gun becomes part of the tank, and it can play a big role.
With the addition of high-power ground-based radars, early warning aircraft, and multi-service data links, the S-400 air defense system is like a heavy machine gun with armor and chassis added to it, becoming part of a powerful system.
In the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the S-400 air defense system was split up by Russia and deployed on the battlefield in Ukraine, and was used as "field firepower".
Of course, this is also related to the backwardness of Russia's own electrical industry. Russia's electrical industry lags behind China and the United States by an era, and when China and the United States are using active phased array radars, Russia's main fighters are still using passive phased array radars.
Both China and the United States have built third-generation AWACS aircraft, and Russia is still using old antiques from the Soviet era. Against this background, the Russian air defense system itself is much weaker than China's.
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References: 1] Speech by Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen, at the Committee of Supply Debates 2024
2] The Paper, ""The US F-35 Operation in Ukraine Traps "Rashomon", and the US Army Denies Participating in the War".