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Taiwan's planned procurement of 66 newbuild Lockheed Martin F-16V Fighting Falcon combat aircraft appears to have been activated with an engine contract announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 28 April.

The deal covers an unspecified number of General Electric F110-GE-129 increased performance engines for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, including Taiwan. While the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) already fields F-16C/D fighters, including a number that have already been upgraded to F-16V Block 70/72 standard in an ongoing modernisation plan, all are currently powered by Pratt & Whitney P100-PW-220 engines.

In August 2019 the US State Department cleared Taiwan to buy 66 of the latest F-16C/D Block 70 aircraft (the F-16C/D Block 70/72 is more commonly designated F-16V). This was followed in October 2019 by the President of the Republic of China, Tsai Ing-wen, tweeting that the country's Legislative Yuan - one of the five branches of government - had approved funding for the 66 new F-16Vs "in a multi-partisan effort that reflects our collective will to defend our liberty and sovereignty", although no contracts associated with the procurement had been announced to date.

As the most advanced iteration of the F-16 to date, the F-16V features the Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar (derived from the F-16E/F Block 60 AN/APG-80, and also known as the Scalable Agile Beam Radar [SABR]), a new Raytheon mission computer, the Link 16 datalink, modern cockpit displays, an enhanced electronic-warfare system, and a ground-collision avoidance system.
 
I suggest to continue the discussion, we have done our due diligence, haven't we?
I would love to hear your opinion on this @Jura
LOL careful, whatever we write, may get deleted at any moment

now, I suggest to assume
  1. there would be no foreign troops helping Taiwan (in other words, Taiwan left behind), and
  2. the PLA would land at three places
do you play? could be on the main board, or in Private Messages
 

caohailiang

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LOL careful, whatever we write, may get deleted at any moment

now, I suggest to assume
  1. there would be no foreign troops helping Taiwan (in other words, Taiwan left behind), and
  2. the PLA would land at three places
do you play? could be on the main board, or in Private Messages
suggest to include US intervention - that would be more realistic dont you think?
let's do it on the mainboard but try to be civil ^_^
 

manqiangrexue

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tell me why you think it would lead to ww3 - hope this is not off topic
Because China has said that it will trade every city in a nuclear exchange with the US if America tries to fight it over the ROC. Nuclear war between China and the US is supposedly against the rules here for discussion.

And also, I don't think it would be more realistic. The closest country to China in terms of rivalry with America is Russia, and history has shown that Russia can take pieces of Georgia, Ukraine, etc... and America will not fight a powerful nuclear foe, only use economy coercion. China can build islands and stake territories in the SCS and the US will take no steps to actually counter it there either, only symbolic resistance by sailing around. Realistically speaking, we see that America avoids military confrontation with powerful nuclear adversaries and as China's military grows faster than any other country's by the day, it becomes even less and less likely that America will risk military confrontation.
 
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The CM-32 is starting to branch out into a comprehensive armoured vehicle family.
Gun type mortar vs standard mortar at the rear either of which has their own pros and cons
 

caohailiang

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because either continental China or US would escalate if losing on/around Taiwan island;
such an escalation would prompt a counter-strike, and the next day the World would be in War
there could be escalations but to a full scale ww3, that is a long way to go with a lot of variables
anyway, i think it is fair to say the PLA (maybe US too) is building up their capability based on the assumption of US intervention.
 

manqiangrexue

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i think it is fair to say the PLA (maybe US too) is building up their capability based on the assumption of US intervention.
That is fair, for the reason I mentioned above. It is deterrence. An America that thinks it can achieve an easy victory is one that is prone to attack. One that sees China's military as a very difficult rival (or an intimidating one in the future) that can inflict heavy losses on American troops is one that is likely to be reserved and limit its interference to diplomatic outcries.

Besides, China's military was never intended to stop at being able to deter American intervention over Taiwan; it is meant to eventually become the premier military force in the world, so seeing it continue to build up means nothing except that natural ambition for a country of China's scale.
 
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