According to Taiwanese media reports, after Pelosi's exodus to Taiwan, five other U.S. lawmakers have also visited Taiwan. In order to counter their exodus to Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army continued to exercise military exercises in the Taiwan Strait region, and military a

According to Taiwan media reports, after Pelosi 's outbreak, five other U.S. lawmakers have also visited Taiwan. In order to counter their outbreak, the PLA continued to conduct military exercises in the Taiwan Strait region. Every day, military aircraft and ships "crossing the line" cruises, it seems that the PLA's "crossing the line" has become normalized. Taiwanese media said that in order to demonstrate their ability to control sea and air, the Taiwan Air Force dispatched their most advanced jet fighter F-16V, and has allowed the F-16V fighter to be fully equipped with missiles for exercises in recent days. The Fifth Regiment of the Taiwan Air Force stationed in Hualien also conducted night combat exercises.

Taiwan media said that these F-16V fighter jets of the Taiwan Air Force were first fully equipped with AIM-84L Harpoon anti-ship missiles and AIM-120C-7C-7 Advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles to practice sea-making and anti-ship configuration potential installation operations, and then dispatched 6 F-16Vs at night to practice emergency takeoff operations. Taiwan currently has more than 140 F-16 fighter jets, all of which belong to the Fifth Wing and the Fourth Wing stationed in Chiayi by . In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of these fighter jets, they are being modernized and upgraded from the F-16A/B block20 version to the latest model of the F-16V version. In addition, 66 newly produced F-16V fighter jets were ordered from the United States.

Taiwan media said that although the PLA fighter jets that "cross the center line" are mainly J-16, Su-30, J-11, etc., the most powerful fighter jet of the PLA is still J-20, and 150 were deployed in June last year. In the Taiwan Strait war that may break out in the future, the J-20 will become the main force in the air decisive battle, and it will be the main opponent of the Taiwan Air Force F-16V fighter jets.

Taiwan media said that although the J-20 is the fifth-generation stealth fighter, the F-16V is not without the power to fight. First of all, the F-16V is the most powerful fourth-generation fighter at present. Its has mature combat capability and uses many fifth-generation fighter technologies, such as the more powerful active phased array radar APG-83. All the software and hardware used by this radar are universal, as well as the software and hardware of F-22 and F-35 fighter radar, which means that the F-16V fighter has the detection capabilities of the fifth-generation fighter.

In addition, Taiwanese media also said that in terms of speed, the top speed of the Taiwan Air Force's F-16V fighter can reach 1,500 miles per hour (about 2,414 kilometers, about Mach 2), surpassing the J-20's maximum speed by 1,321 miles per hour (about 2,126 kilometers, 1.74 Mach). Taiwanese media believe that the faster the flight speed, the greater the advantage in air combat. In terms of range, the Taiwan Air Force said that the F-16V fighter has a range of more than 2,002 miles (nearly 3,222 kilometers) before it needs to be refueled, while the J-20's range is similar to the F-16V. In other words, the F-16V is faster than the J-20 and has a similar range.

In addition, Taiwanese media also said that the fuselage of the Taiwan Army's F-16V fighter is 14.8 meters long, 4.8 meters high, and wingspan is 9.8 meters, while the J-20 of the People's Liberation Army is 20.4 meters long, 4.45 meters high, and wingspan is about 13 meters. The size of the F-16V is smaller than that of the J-20 fighter, which means that the F-16V is more flexible and easier to exert its maneuverability. This means that the F-16V has a more advantage in close combat.

In fact, the data given by Taiwan media is very outrageous. First of all, the maximum speed of the J-20 is far greater than that of the F-16V fighter. In 2018, the People's Liberation Army Air Force once mentioned that the J-20 fighter can fly 52 kilometers in one minute, which means its speed reaches 3120 kilometers per hour, which is about Mach 2.55, which is much higher than the two Mach of the F-16V, and the speed is 706 kilometers per hour.

In addition, the J-20 can carry 12,000 kilograms of internal fuel, plus 4 external auxiliary fuel tanks, the total oil carrying capacity reaches about 20,000 kilograms, while the F-16V can only carry 5,443 kilograms. Although the J-20 is about one-quarter longer than the F-16V, the oil carrying capacity is nearly four times that of the F-16V. According to public information from abroad, the J-20 can reach 5,500 kilometers and the combat radius exceeds 2,000 kilometers. This means that the J-20 has more time to stagnate, and the high amount of oil means that there is more energy to consume during close combat and can perform more maneuvering actions. In terms of close combat, the J-20 obviously exceeds the F-16V.

In addition, the most important point is that no matter how F-16 is upgraded, it is a non-stealthy fourth-generation machine, which is different from the stealthy fifth-generation machine . It is true that the radar used by the F-16V is of the fifth generation aircraft, but it is still difficult to detect the J-20. The commander of the US Pacific Air Force had previously said that the US F-35 fighter jets had close contact with the J-20 over the East China Sea , and praised the J-20 for being very professional. This means that the J-20 was not discovered at a long distance, and it was discovered at a close distance, which also surprised the US Air Force pilots. Even the US main fighter F-35 cannot detect the J-20 at a long distance, so the Taiwan military's F-16V will not be able to think about it.

Furthermore, the J-20 does not need close combat to fight the F-16V at all, because the J-20 can detect the F-16V at a place beyond the visual range and then launch a strike first. The J-20 can carry the Pili-15 long-range air-to-air missile with a range of more than 200 kilometers, and can even carry the legendary ultra-long-range air-to-air missile PL-XX with a range of more than 400 kilometers. This range means that the F-16V was shot down and I don’t know who launched the missile.

In addition, according to US military expert Drew Thompson, Because Taiwan is very close to the mainland, all the runways of the Taiwan Air Force are within the range of the People's Liberation Army's long-range firepower strike. These aircraft runways are fragile and can easily be destroyed in the first wave, which means that the Taiwan Air Force fighter jets are unlikely to play a big role in the battle in the Taiwan Strait. Although Taiwan expressed interest in purchasing the US F-35B short-range takeoff fighter jets so that it can still take off the fighter jets after the runway is destroyed, on the one hand, the United States will basically not sell F-35B. On the other hand, after the Taiwan air base is destroyed, these F-35Bs are difficult to survive.

Drew Thompson said that the fighters in the Taiwan Air Force, as well as the F-16V fighter jets that have not yet arrived, mainly play a deterrent role in peacetime, and once wartime comes, they will be the first targets to be destroyed. These fighters are not as effective as those small drones .