Jura The idiot
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Friday at 7:59 AM
Minister says military still wants F-35 planes
and now noticed (dated Mar 16, 2018)
Minister says military still wants F-35 planes
Taiwan Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Leasing aircraft from the USAF is not unheard of. If I remember correctly when the Australians were looking at C17 they leased units that were technically delivered to the USAF, then when the Ausies found that they liked the Birds they just paid the difference.
In the Story he points to the F15 and the AV8 as a possibility.
Taiwan views STOVL as a serious advantage for there defense needs as if Conflict came to blows with the mainland, it's likely that one f the mainlands first actions would be to try and knockout all of Taiwan's runways as such a aircraft with the ability to take off and be recovered with almost on runway would be advantageous.
Of course both the Eagle and Harrier are both technically Boeing machines and that opens a potential hotbed. Boeing is of course making a lot of deals with the PRC via there airliner business. One could see the CCP trying to use the line of business as a noose to deter from any part of this.
Still I think the Trump admin would be more able to open the door for more late block F16's and those birds I think are more in line with the needs of a smaller military.
In the Story he points to the F15 and the AV8 as a possibility.
Taiwan views STOVL as a serious advantage for there defense needs as if Conflict came to blows with the mainland, it's likely that one f the mainlands first actions would be to try and knockout all of Taiwan's runways as such a aircraft with the ability to take off and be recovered with almost on runway would be advantageous.
Of course both the Eagle and Harrier are both technically Boeing machines and that opens a potential hotbed. Boeing is of course making a lot of deals with the PRC via there airliner business. One could see the CCP trying to use the line of business as a noose to deter from any part of this.
Still I think the Trump admin would be more able to open the door for more late block F16's and those birds I think are more in line with the needs of a smaller military.
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The F-15s will be a procurement nightmare, with the need to refurbish those airframes (not to mention, how long are their airbases going to last in wartime? They might have a little short takeoff capability, but the useful load would then be problematic).
The AV-8s have STVOL, but they probably wouldn't fare too well in air to air combat.
The AV-8s have STVOL, but they probably wouldn't fare too well in air to air combat.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Depends on the fight. In the Falklands conflict the Harrier proved fairly adapt at dogfighting. But these are AV8B+ not vintage sea harriers so they have a couple aces up there sleeves. First the AV8B+ radar is the APG 65 which if that draws a blank it's the same radar as that in the F18 Hornet the AV8B+ is rated for use of not just sidewinders but also AMRAAM missiles. The STOVL features of the Harrier series also mean it is designed with thrist vectoring which can be a real advantage in a dog fight.
Jura The idiot
General
From OedoSoldier via Twitter
Chiang Kai Shek's plan to retake the mainland. It appears to be part of a broader war in coordination with the Allied forces. ROC on Taiwan would attack coastal mainland China, retake Nanjing and set it as China's national capital.
South China front
Western Russia front
Chiang Kai Shek's plan to retake the mainland. It appears to be part of a broader war in coordination with the Allied forces. ROC on Taiwan would attack coastal mainland China, retake Nanjing and set it as China's national capital.
South China front
- Take coastal Southern China - Guangdong, Hainan
- Move deeper inland and take western China
- Capture Central Asia and Ural region
- Take coastal Eastern China and establish Nanjing as ROC capital - Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong
- Move deeper inland, take Northern China including Beijing (bypassing most of the central plains) and Mongolia
- Capture Siberia
- Take Tianjin and Liaoning, cut off Manchuria from the rest of China.
- Move deeper inland, take Manchuria
- Pincer movement in coordination with Allied forces in Far East Russia.
Western Russia front
- Bombard Moscow with hydrogen bombs
- NATO/Allied forces take Western Russia
- Manage Western Russia using UN forces
- Allied forces capture entire Korean peninsula, Vladivostok, and Kuril Islands
- Allied forces pincer movement in coordination with ROC forces to cut off Russian Far East
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Yes sir, you've nailed it, but lots of people who enjoy freedom that was paid for on somebody else's dime don't appreciate what they have, that's kinda cheap, but typical..
There is no doubt that Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai Shek) had plan to retake mainland, BUT the newspaper article that OedoSoldier referred to is NOT owned or controlled by Jiang's government. It was even shutdown by Jiang in 1960. See the history here.
The article is so ridiculous that it envisioned to take up the whole Asian landmass east of the Ural for China, see the "new" provinces added in the picture, they are Siberia. Only during the Yuan dynasty did China as a state have some part of southern Siberia as directly controlled territory because the Mongols roamed these areas. No other Chinese dynasty had ruled or claimed to rule these area except Qing and Ming (after Yuan) controlled eastern coastal area of Siberia.
It is also ridiculous that the article envisioned bombing of Moscow with nukes. Whose nukes? Jiang was dreaming to return to mainland, but he was not crazy of annexing 2/3 of USSR and nuke Moscow.
This is to say that the author of that newspaper was not historically correct, and politically and legally not representing Jiang's ROC government.
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plawolf
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Jiang would never have been able to invade the mainland with just the resources of Taiwan. And with China firmingly in the Soviet camp during much of the Cold War, the only scenario where retaking the mainland was on the card was a WWIII situation where the Soviets were too busy fighting America and NATO, and Jiang could get America military help.