The Mainland PLA showed strong strength during the island-round military exercise. In addition to the missile passing through the "middle line of the strait" and crossing the sky over Taiwan to strike, live-fire exercises of advanced fighter jets such as J20, J16, H6K also made people on the island very worried. People on the island who were originally confident about their military strength also had great doubts after this military exercise: Can the Taiwan army really stop the attack of the PLA?
In order to alleviate the anxiety of the people on the island and enhance their own information, Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" held a press conference in the Fifth Tactical Hybrid Wing of the Hualien Air Force, where it displayed the F-16V fighter and the Harpoon anti-ship missiles and AIM-120 air-to-air missiles. It described to everyone how to install missiles to keep the two sides of the aircraft in balance and how to install missiles in the direction of the fuselage of the graded aircraft. It also stated that although the operation in mainland China has brought serious consequences, this is a good opportunity for the Taiwan military's military to improve its combat effectiveness. The Taiwan military will take this opportunity to test those trainings and improve these training methods, saying that the Taiwan military has the ability, confidence and determination to defend Taiwan's security.
In this regard, the Eurasian Times believes that Taiwan’s air force strength is top-notch in the world, and almost no one can defeat it head-on. At present, the Taiwan military is upgrading the existing 141 F-16A/B fighter jets, converting them into F-16V, and also purchasing an additional batch of F-16V fighter jets equipped with new avionics equipment and weapons. This upgraded F-16V fighter is the world's top 4++ fighter with very strong combat capabilities. Even the US military likes to use it as the main fighter. In the past wars, F16 fighter jets had a high damage rate against Russian-made fighter jets. There are many Russian-made fighter jets in the PLA Air Force of the Mainland. Therefore, as long as the Taiwan military dispatches more than 200 F-16V fighter jets, it will pose a huge threat to the mainland.
Since the Indian media is so confident about the F-16V fighter, let’s first look at the two main weapons installed on this fighter to see what’s so great about it.
First look at the Harpoon missile. As a missile developed by the US military in the last century, Harpoon has developed to now, which can be launched from aircraft, warship , and submarine . It is the main force of the US Navy and Air Force. The warhead of this missile weighs 221 kilograms, a maximum speed of Mach 0.85, and a maximum range of 315 kilometers. The guidance method adopted is active radar guidance, which has performed well on the Ukrainian battlefield. It is reported that the flagship Moscow, the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was sunk by it.
As for the other AIM-120 air-to-air missile it is jointly developed by the US Navy and Air Force, it is an all-weather omnidirectional attack active radar guided air-to-air missile jointly developed by the US Navy and Air Force. It has four models: A/B/C/D. Even the US military's F35 and F22 are equipped with this missile. The latest model of AIM-120 can reach a range of 100 kilometers and a speed of Mach 4. Once locked in the opponent's fighter jet, there is almost no chance of escape.
It seems that the Taiwan Air Force can indeed be called the world's top air force, but it is much worse than the People's Liberation Army. A few days ago, Russian experts said that the Chinese PLA Air Force has become the second in the world, with more than 1,500 advanced fighter jets; the Taiwan Air Force has only 400 fighters in total. In addition to these 200 F-16 fighter jets, , there are also some old Phantom 2000 fighters and Taiwan's self-developed F-CK-1 fighter jets. In this comparison, the strength of the PLA Air Force will greatly crush the Taiwan army. Among them, there are hundreds of fifth-generation aircraft such as the J-20, which is not available in the Taiwan army, not to mention the other fourth-generation aircraft. I don’t know where the Indian media concluded that these F-16V fighters will pose a huge threat to the mainland.
However, Indian media believes that even if the Chinese People's Liberation Army air force wants to crush the Taiwan army, the Taiwan authorities are now implementing a new concept of asymmetric defense strategy, that is, to maximize their defensive advantages, so as to defeat the strong with the weak and prevent the People's Liberation Army from attacking.Here, the Taiwan Air Force had to use Patriot missiles that were bought at a high price and the self-developed Tiangong air defense missiles. When the PLA's military aircraft came, these air defense missiles would play their own role to intercept. When intercepting these fighter jets, it means that the Taiwan army withstood the first wave of offensives from the mainland, and the more than 200 surviving F-16V fighter jets will enter the mainland to ambush them and launch various missiles to cause a large amount of losses to the PLA.
But what the Indian media thought was too ideal. Our army’s first wave of offensive was not so easy to withstand. Just look at the process of the island-round military exercise. The beginning was a round of missiles + rockets. If the air defense missiles were destroyed, what would you use to intercept them? Even if there are survivors, once the J-16D electronic fighter is turned on, all the radar of these missiles are invalid. In addition, stealth fighter like the J-20, wouldn’t it be a game of mowing when it arrives on Taiwan? Besides, even if these F-16Vs are deployed, the air defense missiles deployed by our army are not vegetarians. Intercontinental missiles can stop them but still can't stop the F-16V's cruise missile ?
