如何看待美军无人机部队臂章出现了中国地图剪影？

谢邀。人在东方，观察世界。

美军这类臂章其实不是官方制作，而是部队自行定制，军品玩家们常称之为“士气章”，或者“任务章”，用来表现本部队独特的文化。

该臂章所属单位29无人攻击机中队不是一个战斗部队，而这个臂章是针对这次任务，其表明的意义实际上是美军MQ-9部队以后的行动重点将从在中东的反恐作战转移到亚太地区的海上行动——当然了，这里面表现出了美军的“敌情意识”，亚太地区的“主要敌人”不言而喻。

以下为原报道的全面解读⬇️

9月24日美国《空军》杂志的原始报道开篇就称，目前美国空军正在寻求替换MQ-9无人机的新型无人机，因此装备MQ-9的部队现在正在寻找新的出路。

美国《空军》杂志刊发的图片

MQ-9无人机

美国空军现在对于在与中国、俄罗斯这样的对手的冲突中使用“死神”无人机的态度正在日益转向负面，因为这种非隐身的无人机很可能被对手击落或者遭到干扰。美军军官担忧，这种无人机过于脆弱，它缺乏隐身能力和电子防护能力，其飞行速度也非常慢，因此难以生存。

由于MQ-9将不会再进行更多的改进，以提升其在交战空域内的生存能力，因此目前MQ-9单位正在尝试引入新的战术和训练方法，希望寻找一种与其设计时考虑的典型环境不同的战区内的仍能继续有效的使用方式。

报道还提及，9月美国空军第九无人机后勤维护部队进入海军穆古航空站，参加维护海军第三舰队所属的3架MQ-9无人机，使用这些无人机与美国陆军的特种部队进行配合，演练了在狭窄水域环境中的反游击作战任务。

据称，这些无人机进行的演练包括为乘坐C-130渗透跳伞的特种部队提供情报支援，监控识别水上目标，在特种部队海上航渡期间为其提供空中火力支援，打击小型武装船只等。

报道还提到，美国海军已经开始采购MQ-9无人机并将其用于海上巡逻任务，用来对海上船只进行识别监视，这种无人机在执行这一任务时的优势是它的航程和航时极大，可以不必依赖加油机，也不必在除了本场之外的其他机场降落加油，可以几十个小时连续进行海上监视任务。

纵观这篇报道，如果不是因为它这张照片的话，这文章的内容并无新意。

那么，接下来再看看臂章内还有什么信息。

臂章放大图

《空军》杂志对照片的注释意为：第九飞机维护单位的地勤技术人员参加9月份举行的“敏捷死神”演习。

而图中出现的臂章是一个圆形，上方绘有一架MQ-9“死神”无人机，其机翼下方绘制有骷髅头像（表示“死神”），挂架上携带有“地狱火”导弹，而其背景是红色的中国地图，包括中国台湾，下方还绘制了菲律宾、东南亚和澳大利亚的模糊图像，下方文字则是“2020年‘敏捷死神’演习”以及其所属单位缩写：“第29无人攻击机中队”。

我们知道，美军这类臂章其实不是官方制作，而是部队自行定制，军品玩家们常称之为“士气章”，或者“任务章”，用来表现本部队独特的文化。

29无人攻击机中队成立于2009年10月23日，该部队继承了二战和越战期间的第29侦察机中队的荣誉。该部队隶属于或罗曼空军基地的第49空军联队，基地位于新墨西哥州，主要任务是训练使用MQ-9“死神”无人机。

换言之，这不是一个战斗部队，而这个臂章是针对这次任务，其表明的意义实际上是美军MQ-9部队以后的行动重点将从在中东的反恐作战转移到亚太地区的海上行动——当然了，这里面表现出了美军的“敌情意识”，亚太地区的“主要敌人”不言而喻。

所以这个“士气章”与其说是传达美军的意图，不如说是反映出了美军的“直球思维”。

美国的各种“士气章”上出现中国元素也不是第一次了，2007年中国反卫星试验后不久，美国海军进行“标准3”导弹反卫星试验，当时就有照片显示美国海军参试舰员佩戴的士气章上出现一句话：“你们可以做到的，我们可以做的更好”，其实也是出于类似的原因。

美军各种自制臂章

从技术角度来讲，MQ-9无人机也不具备袭击我南沙、西沙岛礁的能力，它的主要武器是“地狱火”导弹，这种小型导弹的威力并不足以对我南沙岛礁的设施造成严重破坏，而且射程也不如南沙岛礁部署的少量防空系统的导弹，因此如果美军有意挑衅，只能是自取其辱。此前，伊朗就曾击落过靠近伊朗空域的MQ-4“全球鹰”和MQ-9无人机。

因此，美国如果真的打算用这种方式制造“十月惊奇”，结果只能是自取其辱，搬起石头砸自己的脚。

而从美国空军关于MQ-9的相关公开说法， 我们也可以知道美军早已认识到这种飞机的不论是物理的飞行性能，还是赛博维度的电子对抗能力，都已经落后于时代，那么他们使用这种东西来制造事端的可能性其实是很低的，除非他们是想故意损失无人机来制造事端。旧中国有一种流氓勒索商家的办法，是到商家门口拿刀子自伤流血，要求商家“赔款”，这倒是非常符合今年以来荒腔走板的美国政府的“人设”了，某种角度来说，倒是不得不防。

不过这也不难，美国自己也曾抱怨他们的RQ-4“全球鹰”无人机此前在侦察南沙岛礁时遭遇干扰被迫自动返航——这意味着南沙岛礁上已经部署了足以干扰美国无人机卫星通信的电子对抗系统，而MQ-9无人机的相关系统的抗干扰性能还远不如RQ-4。因此如果中国采取行动，甚至不需要击落MQ-9无人机，就可以逼迫其自行返航，乃至直接夺取控制权将其俘获——如果这样倒也不错，中国人民革命军事博物馆只怕又要添一件新的展品。

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儿子好奇的问爸爸：“爸爸，什么叫做王师”？

爸爸说：“打仗的时候子弹打光了，用石头把敌人的脑浆砸出来，咬掉敌人的耳朵，抠敌人的眼珠子。休整的时候刷牙洗脸补袜子，先唱《三大纪律八项注意》，再背诵《为人民服务》，去战俘营跟俘虏打招呼are you ok ？教他们世界人民大团结万岁，给小学生回信好好学习天天向上”。

“那胳膊上纹着骷髅头，用飞镖扎别人头像，故弄玄虚搞臂章，海报，mv……问他也不解释，只叫你品，你细品，喝多了酒喜欢叫嚷着杀全家的那些人呢”？

“那是北美奴隶主匪帮”。

对这款调皮的“士气章”，我只能看出三点信息：

1、出现中国地图的地方，目测基本符合中国官方地图。义乌下单可能不是玩笑，毕竟量再少，你在美国自己店家下的单，都会和店家其它单合并给义乌生产商。

2、和用U2在中国公海区域偷窥碰瓷一样，用MQ9对付南海，也是一种务实的宣传。除了能渲染中国在区域强大存在的气氛，也能有效传达美式超限战的务实作风，让区域小伙伴知道美国军事存在的下限。

3、至于是不是这支部队自己做编制自救，表达“求生欲”，外人不清楚。但这款在中国面前显得渣渣的无人机，最近印度又补货了，用于中国突围中心外围体系的西线核心附近。美军在中国突围中心外围体系的东线核心附近搞点这款渣机的花边动作，就有点东西呼应，同时能有点军售带货的效果了（比如售台七种武器就有哦）。

第二次韬光养晦结束了，每次结束，都要消一消韬光养晦副作用的残留：神话对手。

现在是给美帝神话消毒的时期，而不是所谓从战忽到战恐。

MQ9为啥在中国面前是渣机，之前有相关无人机的回答已提及。

原文在此，自己领悟。

With an Eye on China, Reaper Drones Train for Maritime War

Sept. 24, 2020

MQ-9 Reapers, the workhorse drone of America’s two-decade counterterrorism fight in the Middle East and Africa, want to show they’re getting a second wind.

The MQ-9 workforce is fighting to keep its place in the Air Force as the service looks to end production of the aircraft and begins scoping out its replacement. The Air Force has grown skeptical that the Reaper could hold its own against advanced nations like Russia and China, which could shoot the non-stealthy aircraft down or jam its transmissions. Military officials worry the Reaper is too vulnerable and lacks the stealth, electronic protections, and speed that planes will need to survive.

In the absence of upgrades that would protect the drone in challenging airspace, the MQ-9 enterprise is adapting its tactics and training to prove useful in a theater of war that looks much different from its typical surroundings.

The MQ-9 schoolhouse at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., recently rewrote its syllabus to prepare Reaper pilots and sensor operators for a more complex fight, 29th Attack Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Brian Davis told Air Force Magazine in a Sept. 21 interview.

“It incorporates maritime interdiction capabilities, it incorporates a lot more major contingency operation capabilities, air interdiction,” Davis said. “It reinvigorates our strike coordination and reconnaissance capability, and it also increases our combat search and rescue capability.”

The Air Force approved the new coursework shortly before the start of Exercise Agile Reaper, the first training event focused on those tactics in the Pacific. In keeping with the pivot away from the Middle East, patches on Airmen’s uniforms made for the event feature an MQ-9 superimposed over a red silhouette of China.

The exercise at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, Calif., began Sept. 3 and will end Sept. 29. It partners three MQ-9s with the Navy’s Third Fleet, which deploys carrier strike groups, submarines, and other sea vessels and aircraft to the Eastern Pacific, along with Air Force C-130s, and special warfare and Marine Corps personnel, Davis said。

“It’s a demonstration of our capability to rapidly move the MQ-9 anywhere in the world, to unfamiliar locations, and then get out and show the operational reach capabilities of the MQ-9 to provide maritime domain awareness to our joint service partners,” Davis said.

Though Davis declined to provide specifics about the exercise because of operational security concerns, he said MQ-9s were contributing information to a common operating picture that helped the Navy decide where to strike. Reaper operators handled maritime strike coordination and reconnaissance, counter-fast attack craft operations, and close air support over water.

For strike coordination and reconnaissance missions, Reapers would pick up on activity in the area and ensure other aircraft are clear to fly in and fire at their targets. MQ-9 unit commanders have discussed bolstering that and similar missions for at least three years as anti-aircraft threats grow around the world and the Pentagon’s priorities began to change.

In 2017, the head of the 432nd Air Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., said training crews to handle that work would take about a month because they spend most of their time on airstrikes and collecting surveillance imagery. Now, Davis indicated those flights are part of a growing maritime portfolio for the MQ-9.

“We can look out at very long ranges that a lot of our other aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory cannot get out to, and we can possibly ID vessels … without the use of tankers or other logistical requirements,” Davis added. The aircraft flew about 2,000 miles to reach the exercise, showing how far it can travel without stopping or accounting for the needs of a human pilot in a cockpit.

As the Reapers handled airstrikes during a mock amphibious assault on San Clemente Island off the California coast, they also looked more than 100 miles away to see where the Navy should strike vessels at sea.

He added that MQ-9s are connecting to military space assets in new ways for command and control, targeting, and navigation, but did not elaborate. A photo taken at the exercise showed an Airman setting up a satellite communications antenna at Point Mugu.

Agile Reaper posed the opportunity to try out a deployable control system that lets Airmen fly the MQ-9 outside of a typical storage container or brick-and-mortar building. Davis declined to discuss how those controls performed, but said it proves Reaper operations don’t need a large, well-established logistics footprint to handle missions.

Units across the Air Force are practicing quickly packing up and deploying to and from austere locations that lack the infrastructure of a regular air base, in case installations are threatened or hit in a future war.

“We surprised the entire community by how rapidly we can set up and operate the MQ-9 at its full capability. That portion went really well,” Davis said. “The things that didn’t go so well are just a nature of rinsing and repeating, because this is the first time we’ve ever done it.”

The exercise will spur further changes to the MQ-9 training program to incorporate what Airmen learned, he added.