For 20 years, China's Air Force has been trying to achieve equal status with the US Air Force, and today, the Chinese Air Force has become a real competitor of the United States.
According to the conclusion of the Pentagon's war games, in many respects, China's air force can destroy the Americans' fighters and win air supremacy during the operation on the island of Taiwan.
China's air force will spend four days in an air battle to gain air supremacy over the island. During these four days, the Air Force will carry out targeted strikes on the island's critical infrastructure. In addition, our air force also has a tactical strike mission to decapitate the island's leading evildoers. The four-day mission was also a prelude to the battle on the island.
Our country needs a huge air force to destroy the entire fortifications of the island and to protect the mainland and the island forces from a possible military response from the United States and its regional allies.
In order to meet the needs of this realistic goal, in recent years, our army has not only increased the size and number of fighters, but also expanded the technical level of air force equipment. Today, the fifth-generation fighters J-20 and J-35 made in China can directly compete with the American F-22 Raptor and F-35.
Many analysts believe that China's fifth-generation fighters are not as good as those of the United States, and they are not so conspicuous and famous. But these fame and publicity are not important. China does not necessarily need to build all fighter jets perfectly, as long as the technical and tactical performance is sufficient and effective.
The combination of the ancient theories of "the right time, the right place, and the right people" and "man will conquer the sky" and sufficient equipment can achieve the goal of "winning the war." The strategic, campaign, and tactical mission areas of our ** team, whether they are in southern Tibet, southern China, the East China Sea, or Taiwan, are not far from the coast of China's mainland. And these territories are far away from the United States, and our country has a home field advantage.
The United States, on the other hand, must deploy its forces far away and rely on regional partners for base support and refueling in order to deploy its troops close to conflict zones. Compared with the Americans, our ** team has a strong support advantage at home, has huge industrial capacity, and can easily shoot down US fighters at home, and we have already done this during the Korean War.
Even if our aircraft are "not as advanced as the United States" in some respects, this will be an advantage for our country, because not being particularly advanced means that it is not particularly difficult to repair, and we can repair or replace fighters faster and cheaper than the United States.
Taking the F-22 Raptor as an example, in every possible military operation scenario deduced by the Pentagon, even the use of a small amount of F-22 may lead to a head-on struggle with the advanced fighters of our ** team, which the US ** team has never encountered since its establishment.
The number of American F22s is limited, and while these fighters may perform better than previous generations, they will eventually be shot down if they encounter a large number of our fighters. In addition, China's first-class fighter inventory has reached about 240 aircraft, and will soon surpass the United States, about 275 aircraft.
As for the F-35, as the preferred replacement for the old American fighters, there are still many problems in technology, not to mention any advantages compared with China's stealth fighters, and there are problems with its own operation.
As early as 2005, China obtained detailed drawings of this type of aircraft through the "Titan Rain" network operation. It's been 18 years since then, and we've had plenty of time to copy everything we need and counter it.
Secondly, the F-35 is nowhere near as good as the F-22.
The former US ** Obama stopped the production of the F-22 in 2009 in order to save on military spending. The number of existing F-22 fighters in the US Air Force is its maximum number, and before the sixth-generation fighters touted by the United States are ready, the United States will have 10 years without new fighters available, and no new fighters to replenish.
Thirdly, the F-35 is much more expensive and laborious to manufacture and maintain than most of our aircraft. If, in wartime, the F35 and F22 are also likely to be retired faster than the industrial capacity of the United States, especially in the early stages of the war, then these assets will be gradually lost, and the U.S. defense forces may also be affected by this strategic weakness.
After World War II, the United States has a wide range of interests to protect in almost all regions of the world, but China's core strategic interests are still only near China's borders, which also means that a possible war between China and the West is likely to be closer to China's territory, and we can concentrate superior forces and weapons to succeed and carry out concentrated strikes against the scattered US international forces, and the United States is too big.
At the same time, the US military ** system has the problem of imbalance and inefficiency. In the summer of 2023, the president of Raytheon, an important US defense contractor, accused American politicians of bad relations with our country and sabotaged their production.
This is because most of the U.S. defense chain goes through China. If there is a conflict between the United States and China, will China allow Chinese companies to supply the United States and its defense companies? Of course not, our country will only draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle.
Compared with the United States, China does not need to face the problem of the first chain, and can manufacture all advanced equipment. Our country was able not only to protect its people and economy from Western economic sanctions, but also to strengthen ties with its neighbors, especially Russia, in order to ensure that the industrial base was not affected by any conflict with the West, creating a moat of the wartime industrial system.
Although we still have weaknesses, today, with our large air force and the advantage of fighting in close proximity, we can win future wars and defeat the United States and its alliances.
Specifically, as the United States loses air supremacy over the island, our country will isolate the island from the West. Unless the United States significantly increases its military pressure on our country and launches a full-scale war that is the first and second in the world, it is impossible for our air control over the island to be shaken. Military**