ETG Test - Best Fighter For Taiwan (Baseline)

EMERGING THREATS GROUP Best fighter for Taiwan (baseline): ROCAF aircraft vs PLAAF & PLAN aircraft. Date Time Group: 05/0200Z/MAY2024 Location: Taiwan Straits. Aim: To test how the Republic of China’s (ROC) air force and People’s Republic of China’s aviation assets could fare in an air battle across the Taiwan straits. The current and near-future ROCAF’s assets will be used to provide a baseline which can be used to test how other aircraft may also fare in such a confrontation. In this version, Taiwan forces will mostly utilise F-16V Vipers and Mirage 2000s to attempt to repel a PRC incursion into its airspace. --------------- ROC Forces: ROCAF Aircraft: Totals (Source: Wikipedia and Scramble.nl): X54 Mirage 2000s; X30 operational in this scenario. ~X130 AIDC F-CK-1; X24 operational in this scenario. ~X141 F-16A/B/C/D/V Fighting Falcons with over 200 planned by 2026; X66 operational in this scenario. X6 E-2K Hawkeye 2000E; X4 operational in this scenario. X12 P-3 Orions; none operational in this scenario. ROCAF Air Defences: Sky Bow III SAMs Sky Bow I/II SAMs PAC-2/PAC-3 Patriot SAMs Skysword 35mm AA Guns Various air defence radars --------------- PRC Forces: PRC Aircraft: J-20B Mighty Dragons; NATO: Firefang(?) (both WS-10C & WS-15 engine versions) J-16 Flying Sharks; NATO: Flanker X-2 J-11BHGs; NATO Flanker B J-10C Vigorous Dragons; NATO: Firebird Su-35Ks; NATO: Flanker E Su-30MKK2s; NATO: Flanker G J-6 UAV variants; NATO: Farmer Divine Eagle UAVs GJ-11 Sharp Sword UAVs CH-6 UAVs WL-3 UCAVs Il-78M tankers; NATO: Midas Y-20A (AEW) Y-20U (AAR) KJ-2000 (AEW); NATO: Mainring KJ-500A GX9 (AEW); NATO: Cub KJ-200/Y-8W Balance Beam (AEW); NATO: Cub PRC Air Defences: HQ-22 SAMs HQ-9B SAMs S-400 SAMs; NATO: SA-21A/B Growlers Various air defence radars ----- Weather: Moderate High Clouds (Broken) at 25,000-28,000ft. No rain. Sea State 1 --------------- ETG Video of this scen is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSZ8f6CJr74&t=1s Should you like our content, please Subscri