Recently, the media on the island broke the so-called "shocking melon". The pilot of the Taiwan Army's fighter jet claimed that the island's most cutting-edge fighter jet - F-16V had just fought against the People's Liberation Army's J-16 fighter . This immediately ignited the sensitive nerves of the "independence faction" on the island. Although the island's media did not disclose "who lost and who won" between the two sides, the exaggerated and proud performance made the outside world have daydreams about the true combat power of Taiwan's F-16V.
According to media reports on the island, the Taiwan military held related visit activities such as the so-called " Air Force Combat Readiness Media Meeting" and invited media on the island to enter the Taiwan military camp to conduct interviews with the so-called "4th Air Wing" of the Taiwan Air Force's most powerful fighter jets. "Conducted a visit. During the visit, members of the media on the island not only watched the so-called F-16V fighter jet emergency takeoff lesson, but also had on-site contact with the supporting weapons and equipment of the Taiwan military's F-16V fighter jet in the so-called "Spring Festival combat readiness exercise".
According to media on the island, Taiwanese military "flying officials" claimed in interviews with the media that the Taiwanese military's F-16V fighter jets are the product of the United States' technological upgrade of the original F-16A/B fighter jets. The so-called F-16V fighter jet has been comprehensively improved in five aspects, including the active phased array radar that has improved the airborne radar to the world's advanced level, improving the target detection and acquisition capabilities.
Taiwanese media claimed that the AN/APG-83 active phased array radar equipped on the F-16V fighter jet can support air defense operations in multiple modes, has an effective detection range of a maximum detection distance of 300 kilometers, and can perform ground target locking. , air target tracking and surveillance capabilities, can track and monitor 20 air threats at the same time, and attack 4 air targets at the same time.
The island's media even believes that the F-16V fighter jet, which has undergone extensive electronic system and fire control system upgrades, can even challenge stealth fighters such as the J-20 because the F-16V fighter's fire control system is aimed at stealth targets. It has undergone so-called "special optimization" and can conduct target detection and search of stealth aerial targets. In addition to the improvement of the fire control system, the F-16V fighter also replaced the F-110-GE134 engine, which increased the total thrust and external plug-in capability.
In this so-called "Air Force Combat Readiness Media Meeting" of the Taiwan military, reporters from the island's media also personally came into contact with F16V an important improvement project - the "Joint Helmet Aiming System", which is a helmet display system for fighter pilots. Equipping this equipment will help improve the fighter's close combat capabilities and situational awareness.
Overall, the performance of Taiwan’s F-16V fighter jets has reached the internationally mainstream “fourth and a half generation” level. However, compared with the J-16 fighter , the F-16V fighter does not have any particularly outstanding advantages. We have the F-16V, and we have all the J-16 fighter jets. There are and J-16, but the F-16V can only "spare two hands." For example, the J-16 fighter jet has a world-class aerial electronic warfare system. As a "fourth and a half generation" twin-engine heavy fighter, the J-16's range and bomb load are simply incomparable to the F-16V.
Analysts pointed out that the island's media's so-called remarks about having fought with the J-16 aircraft were nothing more than the F-16V's accompanying operations when the J-16 aircraft was conducting combat readiness cruise flights in the airspace south of Taiwan. It is completely different from the "air combat" and "cool dogfight" that the outside world associates. Air contact between the two sides will even minimize the exposure of electromagnetic signals, and it is impossible to engage in "air combat". They will go all out only in war. If If the Taiwanese pilots are "unsatisfied", they can decide the outcome on the battlefield.
The media on the island reported that the timing of the so-called confrontation between F-16V and J-16 is intriguing. It is precisely the first "big external propaganda" after Taiwan's F-16V "hurriedly formed an army". At present, the People's Liberation Army is far superior to the Taiwan Army in terms of comprehensive strength and actual military capabilities. In order to "whitewash peace", the Democratic Progressive Party authorities on the island have just launched the newly formed F-16V to show off. This is nothing more than "emboldening" themselves.
