[Mr. Silverback]

The point of having the 1,000 or so cheapo fighters is to knock the Chinese Air Force into the dirt, followed quickly thereafter by the Chinese Army and Navy. And the reason the fighters would be cheap is that they're light, have fewer systems than a multirole bird like the F-16, and are built to turn and burn--they can carry bombs, but only if they have to.

China will eat Taiwan unless we have airsuperiority on Day One. That's all I got for that tune.

[aperturePriority]

The point of having the 1,000 or so cheapo fighters is to knock the Chinese Air Force into the dirt, followed quickly thereafter by the Chinese Army and Navy. And the reason the fighters would be cheap is that they're light, have fewer systems than a multirole bird like the F-16, and are built to turn and burn--they can carry bombs, but only if they have to.
China will eat Taiwan unless we have airsuperiority on Day One. That's all I got for that tune.


==1000 fighters was not even enough to take out the Viet Congs, not to mention China. Try 5,0000 and 10 years.