xD Guys, I don't think having 1 more or less PLAN ship equipped with HQ9 will make much difference in the long run. It's obvious that the PLAN intends to field more ADS (air defense ships) in the future anyway.
As for missile ranges, just as PLAN ship's air defense missile range improve, so does ROC anti-ship missiles. There are extended range vairants of the HF2 and the HF3 is said to have 180km-200km range.
If the situation continues for another decade, I think both the PRC and ROC are going to have large stockpiles of long-range cruise missiles that can just fly over and strike at each other's ports. Then it'd be a competition of my missile vs. your anti-missile missile defense and vice versea. I'd hate to be a pilot flying through the Taiwan strait if that happens, with long-range anti-air missiles flying in from both directions. @_@;; Remember the F/A-18 that was accidently classified as a SCUD by a PAC-2 battery? Oops...
As for missile ranges, just as PLAN ship's air defense missile range improve, so does ROC anti-ship missiles. There are extended range vairants of the HF2 and the HF3 is said to have 180km-200km range.
If the situation continues for another decade, I think both the PRC and ROC are going to have large stockpiles of long-range cruise missiles that can just fly over and strike at each other's ports. Then it'd be a competition of my missile vs. your anti-missile missile defense and vice versea. I'd hate to be a pilot flying through the Taiwan strait if that happens, with long-range anti-air missiles flying in from both directions. @_@;; Remember the F/A-18 that was accidently classified as a SCUD by a PAC-2 battery? Oops...
