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Originally Posted by xinhui
tphuang:
First of all, happy new year.
Second of all, look at the forest, not the tree.
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happy new year too.
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JH-7 and H-6k are not what I call air superiority crafts, are they? Air superiority, that is the point of the debate right?
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They are not expected to do it alone obviously. J-10 and MKKs are expected to operate as escorts.
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You see, you are looking for trees here.
The J-11BS spotted in Shangyang aircraft company is confirmed for PLAAF1st Air Division, and guess what, 1st air is stationed in Shangyang, facing DPRK, not TW.
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I look at this first regiment as an experiment one. Sort of like 44th division with J-10. You want it close to SAC. Once it's more mature, you will see it in the Nanjing and GuangZhou MR.
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Take 3rd division, one of the finest outfit of PLAAF with J-10 and Su-27, guess what, it is in Chengdu, not in Fujian.
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3rd division is in Nanjing MR. J-10 is at Changxin, certainly within combat radius of Taiwan if it carries 3 external fuel tanks.
The other more recently received J-10 regiment is in Guillin in the 5th regiment. Again, not in Fujian, but certainly within combat radius of Taiwan.
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Look at PLAN-AF and PLAAF units equipeed with Su-30MKK, are they stationed in either Guangzhou MR / North sea fleet, not facing TW are they?
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I would consider any of the 3rd generation fighters in Guangzhou/Nanjing MR to be within range of Taiwan.
So in the case of the fighter bombers, 4 regiments of JH-7 (1 in 28th division and 3 in ESF/SSF) + the 3 regiments of mkk (at wuhu and changsha and Feidong) are within Taiwan range.
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All those performs you cited yourself have one thing in common, and it is not for Air superiority, but some a different mission, Hint, what Clinton did in 1996?
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of course, countering US carrier groups is a large part of it. But I stated them because you asked why they haven't purchased more fighter-bombers.
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PLAN ships with AD capabilities, they are not assigned to East sea fleet facing TW, but rather to both North sea fleet (DDG115/DDG16) and South Sea Fleet (DDG 170/171)
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051Cs went to NSF, because that fleet has long been neglected.
As the recent November exercise indicated, the SSF and ESF can certainly operate together. So I would expect the 052Cs to be involved in any Taiwan scenario to protect the fleet and also help against ROCAF planes.
The new 054As that came out first pair went to ESF and second pair went to SSF. At the current configuration, their strongest point is their air defense.