J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V

[AssassinsMace]

Nice CGI

 

[Skywatcher]

They could but wouldn't as it would make a mockery of all other treaties it has with other countries incorporating military help eg Anzus.

I suppose they could implement a version of lend lease if Taiwan could not afford it.
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And why the heck should American taxpayers give Taiwan a handout?!

 

[Blackstone]

And why the heck should American taxpayers give Taiwan a handout?!

Especially with Trump demanding our allies pay their "fair share."

 

[Equation]

I am disappointed when SDFers, assume that they are much better informed than the Taiwanese Air Force Chief, had the Chinese Air Force Chief said something similar he would be "Einstein".

There's a big time difference between a Taiwan Air Force Chief and the PLAAF Chief in both professionalism and knowledge about his adversaries and rivals in both equipment and strategy. If they are both equal we wouldn't have this discussion in the first place. The fact of the matter is that the Taiwan Air Force Chief is such a FUBAR, is why it causes so much angst to many of those anti China fan bois who wants to use Taiwan as wedge from unification with the PRC.

 

[vincent]

Question: does J-20 have a lifting body?

 

[delft]

Question: does J-20 have a lifting body?

Body lift is clearly important but that is true for many ( all ? ) supersonic aircraft.

 

[B.I.B.]

And why the heck should American taxpayers give Taiwan a handout?!

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I did not say for free, there would be financial payments under a lend lease arrangement. Taiwan is probably doing the U.S. a favour by taking those destined / mothballed Perry Class frigates off her hands.

Anyway money is not the problem. Taiwan has a Debt to GDP % about35% and with one of the biggest currency reserves, she should have no trouble getting a loan for peacetime upgrades of her military. To date Congress has been more than willing to supply Taiwan with much of what she wants and its only Taiwanese politics and foot dragging on Bush and Obama’s part have we seen it slow down.

Now that all those aspects have been settled and a President Trump who wants to see countries playing a bigger role in their own defence, the supply of military equipment may well speed up.

Anyway this is way off topic, so best to leave it at that…….ok.

 

[delft]

I did not say for free, there would be financial payments under a lend lease arrangement. Taiwan is probably doing the U.S. a favour by taking those destined / mothballed Perry Class frigates off her hands.

Anyway money is not the problem. Taiwan has a Debt to GDP % about35% and with one of the biggest currency reserves, she should have no trouble getting a loan for peacetime upgrades of her military. To date Congress has been more than willing to supply Taiwan with much of what she wants and its only Taiwanese politics and foot dragging on Bush and Obama’s part have we seen it slow down.

Now that all those aspects have been settled and a President Trump who wants to see countries playing a bigger role in their own defence, the supply of military equipment may well speed up.

Anyway this is way off topic, so best to leave it at that…….ok.

OT
It might be that many in Taiwan see the idiocy of wasting more money on the military.

 

[B.I.B.]

OT
It might be that many in Taiwan see the idiocy of wasting more money on the military.

good point however I think the question was Taiwan's ability rather than willingness to pay

Maybe the people opposed are Beijings 5th columnists

 

[FORBIN]

good point however I think the question was Taiwan's ability rather than willingness to pay
Maybe the people opposed are Beijings 5th columnists

There's a big time difference between a Taiwan Air Force Chief and the PLAAF Chief in both professionalism and knowledge about his adversaries and rivals in both equipment and strategy. If they are both equal we wouldn't have this discussion in the first place. The fact of the matter is that the Taiwan Air Force Chief is such a FUBAR, is why it causes so much angst to many of those anti China fan bois who wants to use Taiwan as wedge from unification with the PRC.

FUBAR ?

Facts are
Ofc F-16V dont want a heavy fighter stealth 5th Gen. than the J-20 with very possible a ragar more powerful, more big and have in more an IRST and can be armed with up to 10 AAM vs 6 for F-16s in general.
J-20 more agile also only thing don' t have a gun.

But F-16V with this new radar, want almost an APG-81 a variant , is a clearly more difficult rival for others Chiese fighters especialy those without AESA, PESA radars than Flankers mainly Su-27/J-11which have a decent radar but enough old now, less long range but can be armed in practice with 10 AAMs.

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