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Recently, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Taiwan Army each have a fighter plane starting with "16", which has attracted a lot of attention from military fans.
According to the global network, the defense department of the front desk released a new ** procurement announcement, showing that the Taiwan military has signed a sum worth 5The $500 million procurement contract, which is planned to purchase some kind of anti-ship missile or air-to-air missile from the American company Lockheed Martin, is expected to be delivered by 2032.
Due to the vague wording of the procurement contract of Taiwan's defense department, it is not yet possible to determine what kind of missiles the Taiwan military will purchase, but it is speculated from the Taiwan media that "Taitung County is designated as the shipment location".It is very likely that these missiles will be used by the F-16 fighters of the Taiwan militaryAt present, the 7th Wing of the Taiwan Air Force is stationed at the Zhihang Base in Taitung County, and will also be stationed at the base after the arrival of the F-16V in the future.
The US military AGM-158 "China Times News Network" believes accordinglyTaiwan's defense department is likely to purchase AGM-158 air-launched cruise missiles this time. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a U.S. think tank, previously advocated that it "suggest" that the Taiwan military introduce from the United States some kind of high-precision, high-power, long-range anti-ship missiles or cruise missiles that can destroy the PLA amphibious ship regiment, such as the AGM-158, which has passed the F-16 mount test and is very suitable for becoming an important part of the Taiwan military's asymmetric warfare.
In the Taiwan Strait military promotion report released by CSIS at the beginning of this year,AGM-158 was designated as the "magic weapon" of the U.S. military liberation team in the Taiwan Strait WarIt is claimed that "only 3,600 missiles can wipe out the PLA Navy" and "play a decisive role in reversing the Taiwan Strait theater." ”
However, the analysis of the Taiwan media is a word after allIt is not that the Taiwanese military did not have the idea of fighting the AGM-158 in the past, but the United States has not relented so farBecause the US military itself is not enough.
AGM-158 is actually just like that, as for the conclusion of CSIS's so-called "3600 missiles to eliminate the liberation team", it has also been analyzed before, and it is simply the illogical self-congratulation of American think tanks, and there is no rationality at all.
However, although the new missiles have not yet landed, the F-16 upgrade of the Taiwanese army has not fallen. On the 1st, the island's green media claimedThe last F-16A B fighter of the Taiwan Air Force was upgraded to F-16VEquipped with a new phased array radar, electronic warfare pod, and helmet-mounted targeting system, which can be matched with AIM-9X "Sidewinder" missiles, the island's green media advocate that the combat capability of the F-16 of the Taiwan military has been greatly improved, and it can fight with the main fighters of the People's Liberation Army.
However, at the same time that the green media boasted that the Taiwanese F-16 had completed the upgrade, the PLA also showed the J-16 in a fully loaded stateA new air-to-air missile made its debut.
On the 2nd, the network released the training of a brigade of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, and one of the J-16 hanging up and hitting ** attracted the attention of netizens. Judging from **, in addition to the lack of missiles at the wingtip hardpoint, this fighter is equipped with 4 Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 15 and 1 missile of unknown type.
The J-16 mysterious missile has attracted attention This should be the first time that the PLA has displayed the J-16 that is almost "fully matched", proving that the title of "bomb truck", J-16 is indeed well-deserved.
But compared to the "fully matched" J-16,What has attracted the attention of netizens even more is the new missile mounted on the lower right side of the fighterIf you speculate on the size of the fighter and the Thunderbolt-15 missile next to it, the length of this new missile is about 6 meters, which is far larger than other air-to-air missiles of the PLA.
At present, the PLA has not officially revealed the name of this missile, but some netizens believe itThis may be the rumored Thunderbolt-17 air-to-air missileIn 2016, it was confirmed that a J-16 had taken off with the missile on it.
In 2016, for the first time, from the analysis and knowledge at home and abroad, the Thunderbolt-17 does not have other tails except for 4 tails in the tail, plus its slender shapeThis means that the missile may be controlled by thrust vectoringThe fighter can launch missiles beyond visual range, which will approach the target at a speed close to hypersonic speed guided by a data link, and the maximum range of the Thunderbolt-17 is said to be 400 kilometers.
This kind of over-the-horizon or stand-off strike means is usually used to target enemy early warning aircraft, tankers, and other rear targets.
Therefore, the United States "power" ** believes that although the latest ** Thunderbolt-17 on the PLA may be a training missile, there is no evidence that this over-the-horizon missile has been put into service, but it will undoubtedly cause great concern to the US **, after all, the "distance" between ** and Chinese mainland is not far away.