From World News thread
Question for people with more expertise than myself.
Flying over the south and east sides are something like more realistic preparation for any sort of intervention scenario.
Combination of AWACS/MPA/J-10/J-16 is the kind of combined operation that was not possible until recently.
Furthermore, such a package (to me anyway), seems like a realistic strike-escort package for anti-shipping operations
ECM craft can recon if there exist reasonable surface-based anti-air support for these operations.
You are right, my mistake
I hear recently ROCAF has given up sending up fighters to tangle with each incursion because ROCAF is near combat ineffective from exhaustion. Recently they've instead taken up the habit of targeting PLAAF aircraft with surface to air missile's fire control system radar.
To which PLAAF are basically like "Oh, bonus! Gee thanks for showing us how your air defence system work before the fighting even start, that should take another few minutes off your life expectancy when things go loud."
You can see both groups have AWAC or ECM aircraft present just for studying Taiwan's air defence system response.
North Group:
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South Group:
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South Group according to flightrader, just in case you're not convinced ROCAF lies basically every day with their flight path that they release:
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Question for people with more expertise than myself.
Flying over the south and east sides are something like more realistic preparation for any sort of intervention scenario.
Combination of AWACS/MPA/J-10/J-16 is the kind of combined operation that was not possible until recently.
Furthermore, such a package (to me anyway), seems like a realistic strike-escort package for anti-shipping operations
ECM craft can recon if there exist reasonable surface-based anti-air support for these operations.