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Which aircraft?
It might be easier and quicker to flight prep a F-16 compared to a H-6K.
It might be easier and quicker to flight prep a F-16 compared to a H-6K.
Comparison between Taiwan and China's military professionalism and readiness
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Even then, there would obviously be a big difference between the prep time for a F-5, vs. a J-11B.
Actually you have to see what is the status of those aircraft. Some of them are already readied for flight, all countries had this system whereby they would allocate some squadrons of fighters and interceptors (rotatable shift) for emergency deployment.
If you count these squadrons that are already at the readied state to those that are not, then of course you will see a big difference.
I never believe that the Chinese reactions are that slow to begin with. Plus you need to know where the news came from... from Taiwan boasting about their capability (for political or otherwise usage), it might just be a ruse to tell their people that they have nothing to worry about, then yeah... they can said that.
But common sense has it that it cannot be the case. And unless China had officially told the world how fast they can react, it would be up to everyone's guess... but a simple example would be, during the time when US spy plane was intercepted by two J-8... we all know the rest of the story, my point is... if the Chinese are as slow as was stated... wouldn't that spy plane already left the location before the J-8 even arrive?
If you count these squadrons that are already at the readied state to those that are not, then of course you will see a big difference.
I never believe that the Chinese reactions are that slow to begin with. Plus you need to know where the news came from... from Taiwan boasting about their capability (for political or otherwise usage), it might just be a ruse to tell their people that they have nothing to worry about, then yeah... they can said that.
But common sense has it that it cannot be the case. And unless China had officially told the world how fast they can react, it would be up to everyone's guess... but a simple example would be, during the time when US spy plane was intercepted by two J-8... we all know the rest of the story, my point is... if the Chinese are as slow as was stated... wouldn't that spy plane already left the location before the J-8 even arrive?
thunderchief
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For a relatively small country like Taiwan with big opponent like China mandatory military service (i.e. conscription) is a must . No country in such position ever managed to defend itself with just professional army without trained citizen-soldiers . Basically , when Taiwan abolished conscription system they practically extinguished any hope they would fight PLA on the land . All they have now is a possibility to repel invasion before China manages to create bridgehead.
I could be wrong but the standard check up time for something as sophisticated as a modern jet fighter is around 20 minutes. Average ready time might be even longer than that. This is the reason that the F-16s failed to intercept inbound hijacked jets on September 11th.
thunderchief
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Interestingly enough , older planes like Mig-21 could take off in 3 minutes and even faster , if the pilot sits in his flight suit and the plane is fueled and armed . Reason is of course that they don't have much of sophisticated equipment that needs to be readied .