[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The Chengdu J-7 fighter jets are based on the Soviet MiG-21 from the 1960s
- It comes amid growing tensions in the Taiwan strait and between China and US
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| China is 'planning to turn hundreds of retired Cold War fighter jets into suicide drones' that could be used for massive attack on Taiwan |
| 2023-02-22 |
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 Nice EMP burst will solve the problem. Wonder if the Taiwanese kept their old Nike Hercs? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-22 19:24 |
| #10 If they are airworthy, sell them and buy more balloons. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-22 12:41 |
| #9 You wouldn't have to jam them for very long to know which was which. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-22 12:37 |
| #8 #6 makes very good sense. Cost effective use of semi-worthless air-frames and it would pinpoint the ADA landscape in the RoC perfectly. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-02-22 12:28 |
| #7 Wild Weasels. Do they even have the range? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-02-22 11:22 |
| #6 ...It makes sense if they plan to use them to soak up the Taiwanese air defenses in the opening hour of an invasion. Use these as the opening wave, and the RoCAF isn't going to be able to determine who's a drone and who ain't - they'll have to shoot them all down, and when they turn for home...in go the real strikers. The RoCAF is on the ground rearming/refueling or out of ammo. If they plan on turning them loose against the USN...well, bluntly, we have targets with better performance. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-02-22 10:45 |
| #5 What will these attritables be used against given their range limitations? Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Austin, Houston, New York ... List your favorites for blue city targeting. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-22 10:06 |
#4 We are doing attritables, but going with purpose built. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-22 07:20 |
#3 Seen an aerial picture of AMARC lately? We have stuff we could do that with. Does it necessarily make sense to do it is the question. What will these attritables be used against given their range limitations? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-22 07:17 |
| #2 The J-7s were one way targets even during in active service. |
| Posted by: Ebbains Threrenter5475 2023-02-22 05:55 |
| #1 We could have done something similar ourselves but we used ours for target drones instead. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2023-02-22 01:29 |