Aircraft on the island take off emergency
Early on October 15th, all Taiwanese fighter jets took off in an emergency to stop enemy air strikes. This is the content of the defense of the island.
According to the Liberty Times Net (Taiwan), the drill took place between 5:30 pm and 8:00 am on October 15 with the participation of three naval and air forces, Blocked air strikes based on the experience of the Hanquan exercises and the "combat readiness" plan.
Accordingly, four Mirage 2000 fighter jets and 10 F-16 fighters were ready for command at around 4am. At 5:40 am, six F-16 fighter jets and two Mirage 2000 fighter jets, carrying the emergency landing gear ALQ-184, took off.
The Taiwanese navy also deploys various types of ships such as the Kidd class destroyer, Chengdu class guerrilla and La Fayette guards to participate in air defense exercises. Meanwhile, the Taiwan Army also deployed comprehensive coordinated actions in the exercise.
Taiwan officials said the exercise was a regular training exercise for the island, with daily patrol aircraft in the air, all bases were allocated a certain number of fighters according to regulations. .
The content of the rehearsal on October 15 included emergency takeoffs of interception and surveillance, including a number of fighter missions that were responsible for "faking the enemy." The details of the rehearsal were not disclosed because the Taiwanese military considered this information confidential.
Military forces are different
Some commented that the October 15th exercise of Taiwan aimed to strengthen Beijing's threat defense, with the assumption that the Liaoning group of aircraft carriers made aerial assault Joint Flowers. This is the first training content conducted by the Taiwan military.
Chinese multinational media quoted Chinese military analyst Wei Qizhong as saying that in fact, the Liaoning fighter had never flown to Taiwan because it was mainly used for training missions. pilots, in preparation for the second Chinese naval aircraft carrier to be put on the payroll.
He also made comparisons of cross-strait military strength from the October 15 drill. In particular, the fighting power and advanced technology of the J-15 fighter series, nicknamed the Chinese Shark, are readily farther away from the F-16 series, the Mirage 2000 or the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo. Loan.
So when the J-15 teamed up with a group of modern destroyers, submarines and submarines, China could turn the eastern waters of Taiwan into invincible waters, and Taiwan's military was difficult to cope with. With the advantage of Chinese naval air force, Wei said.
In addition, Chinese experts said that in the future, the Chinese carrier group will probably surpass the "first island chain", which appears in the Pacific Ocean - east of Taiwan but this move It was aimed at Taiwan, mainly to break the clamping force of the US and Japan.
However, he stressed that if the straits were to emerge in conflict, Beijing would definitely deploy the carriers to eastern Taiwan to block the withdrawal of independent forces on the island.