that means cutting off all 20 something cable landing stations simultaneously in a joint precision strike, in addition to somehow blocking all satellite internet capable dishes running off of diesel electric generators in TW to ensure an absolute info blackout. I strongly doubt if the PLA currently has, or if ever will have, this kind of total EM dominance over TW.
Lessons for China to learn from Ukraine conflict for Taiwan scenario
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i thought rocket pod runs were a "tradition" in PLAAF for the newly initiated pilots. Are these actually considered as a legitimate training topic in the AF currently? if so then yes, these runs need to be purged.
on the point of countering the numerous ATGM/SHORADS/MANPADS etc. that TW will now surely order in the thousands after this conflict, would a combination of loitering smart munitions and ISR drones in great numbers be a valid counter?
I'm thinking in between the phase 1 massive precision strikes and the amphibious land assault, multiple swarms of these ISR/suicide drones can be deployed from 075/CVs to provide 24/7 coverage of potential landing zones to either a) attract and waste enemy weapon stockpile b) actively seek out and destroy human operators of such weapons
I'm thinking in between the phase 1 massive precision strikes and the amphibious land assault, multiple swarms of these ISR/suicide drones can be deployed from 075/CVs to provide 24/7 coverage of potential landing zones to either a) attract and waste enemy weapon stockpile b) actively seek out and destroy human operators of such weapons
Starlink requires ground stations for backhaul, the satellite is only used as an intermediary to link users to the ground station.
The end user transmitter is also very RF loud (100W total power, 2.4 watt RF = 33 dBm) so let it be known that Starlink transceivers will be considered military communication devices.
Just as a reminder, radios can pick up -120 dB (10^-12 watts) and Starlink signals are easily studied in peacetime.
Problem: foreign ships can always act as ground station and do the backhaul. It is better to just consider a Starlink transceiver to be targets.
Don't need to be simultaneously nor need to get all the stations. Why can't you do it one after the other in rapid succession, are they gonna send repair ships out in mined and sub infested waters? Also don't need to get the satellites transceivers as they can be jammed thanks to low SNR for satellite communication. As long as you degrade it enough so that civilians can't use regular internet or phones and only the government can communicate with specialized tools, half the EM battle is won.
Not all cables carry same bandwidth and you can hit the cables where they're underwater then mine it to prevent repair.
They are just ideas. Of course in reality china would need to ramp up production and do everything in the right order with the right timings(most important). Air drops would only be after flattening the whole island and every area, making Taiwan troops only be able to be scattered and hiding. To surround airdropped troops would mean they show themselves and in numbers, and china could flatten them from sky and sea still etc. Or china could just be continuously flattening area to make space for airborne troops to secure landing site. They just need to provide enough cover to open the floodgates and once open, its game over. So they just need to create a tiny window which I think is easily accomplished, even if some risk and sacrifices will be necessary. It is war after all. But in the big picture it will be a steamroll.
China has the capability to make all these happen if it chose to do so. China could even use civilian transports and airdrop using those also. That is the strength of china and united country. Time is on chinas side, and china is the one that has all the cards. It can choose the exact moment to attack, or not at all. They could even give Taiwan up and allow usa troops to have base there for decades, I mean that's how it used to be when usa was much stronger and china weaker. Doing that today would just be sacrificial bluff by usa(which china would call just like Korea) and serve no real military purpose since they'd all just die if china attacked. So yeah.. if it does choose to attack, it will have everything in place to do any kind of attack they want.
On the point of countering SHORADs, all PLA low-altitude assets like UCAVs, helicopters, etc... should have -like hard-kill active protection system (APS) in order to bait out SHORADs for target identification and follow-up elimination by other assets (UVACs, missiles, etc...) Is this feasible or possible to develop a hard-kill APS system like Israeli , but for Helicopters (attack/transport) and UCAVs? I think such a system would be highly valuable as it can extend the time helicopters can loiter, which can make-or-break a war.
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TB-2 needs be around 150km away from it's command center as it doesn't have satellite link.
In Taiwan's case they are putting money on naval mines and cruise missiles.
150 km away from a ground station but that is line of sight limited, not power limited. E-8s flying at altitude in Poland, Hungary or Romania can direct TB-2s probably halfway into Ukraine... Which is exactly what we're seeing: Kiev push get slowed down while Ukrainian Army is getting encircled and bombarded in the east, far from western territories.
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When I ask why we don't of then see J-10's or J-16's carrying target pods, people always tell me they aren't needed etc, but clearly this should a wake up call that modern air force needs targeting pods because it's best way to take out targets from air. Or that PLAAF doesn't require such capability because PLARF missiles will take care of the problems.
I've always written that modern air force needs modern targeting capablity and plenty of PGM's.
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