PLA Air Force provokes Taiwan with 1960s antique; & What is to be done? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

Jul 15, 2021, 01:12 AM

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Photo: A Pakistani F-7 conducts a training mission during a multinational exercise, Dec. 9, 2009, in Southwest Asia. Aircrews from France, Jordan, Pakistan, the U.K., and the U.S. trained together in the Air Forces Central area of responsibility in fighting a large-scale air war.

  • Last month, a Chinese "island encirclement exercise" featured four J-7 fighter jets.
  • The J-7 dates back to the 1960s and can be turned into an unmanned aerial vehicle.
  • Retired warplanes turned into drones can be used to confuse air-defense systems, and China has embraced them as a low-cost, no-casualty option.


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PLA Air Force provokes Taiwan with 1960s antique & What is to be done? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

Rick Fisher, senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, in re:  
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