Taiwan is actively promoting the development and equipment of "source strike" weapons, and is now making all-out efforts to build the Hsiungfeng-2E and extended-range Hsiungsheng cruise missiles. Taiwan has tested the Hsiungfeng-2E cruise missile in 2023, known as the Taiwan version of the Tomahawk cruise missile, which is one of the intimidation weapons of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities on Taiwan Island to "resist reunification by force", and Taiwan has invested heavily in the procurement and equipment of the Hsiungfeng 2E. Taiwan's Hsiungfeng series also has Hsiungfeng-2 and Hsiungfeng-3 anti-ship missiles, which have also appeared frequently recently, quite provocative to the rhythm of the PLA. While Taiwan is developing its own Hsiungfeng-2 and Hsiungfeng-3 series anti-ship missiles, it has also purchased AGM-84 series anti-ship missiles from the United States, including land-based deployment models.
In fact, Taiwan is not only developing weapons with long-range attack capabilities, but is also promoting the development and equipment of air-to-air missiles. According to the photos released by Taiwan's green media, Taiwan's IDF fighter jets carried 2 Tianjian 2 extended-range air-to-air missiles, judging from the information released by Taiwan, Tianjian 2 extended-range air-to-air missiles have a range of 100 kilometers, and at the same time, they have also improved their anti-jamming capabilities.
The Tianjian 2 air-to-air missile is a weapon equipped with the Taiwan IDF Jingguo fighter, which was originally projected by catapult, and the improved Tianjian 2 extended-range air-to-air missile is launched through a slide rail, and can increase the carrying capacity, Taiwan claims that the IDF fighter can carry 4 Tianjian 2 extended-range air-to-air missiles, in addition to 2 basic Tianjian 2 missiles, plus 2 short-range air-to-air missiles, thus forming an "air superiority" combat mode. Taiwan's improvement of the Tianjian-2 air-to-air missile is obviously aimed at the PLA. The IDF Ching-kuo is a fighter platform developed by Taiwan itself, which was actually designed with the assistance of the United States, so it can also carry air-to-air missiles provided by the United States.
Taiwan's IDF not only has the equipment of the Tianjian 2 extended-range air-to-air missile, but also has the equipment of the Wanjian submunition spreader that strikes the airport targets, and the Wanjian is also the so-called "source strike" weapon on the island, which can carry out precise strikes on the PLA airfield, thereby destroying the airport's runway and other facilities. Taiwan often publicly displays the 10,000 sword submunition spreader, thus reflecting Taiwan's military strength of "resisting reunification with force", and now with the addition of the Tianjian 2 extended-range air-to-air missile, the deterrence capability of Taiwan's IDF fighter has been further enhanced.
Taiwan has spared no effort to improve its air power, in fact, Taiwan has been betting that the F-16V fighter can defeat the PLA, and the Taiwan green media claims that the F-16V fighter can defeat the J-20 fighter, because the F-16V has adopted a coating with stealth capabilities, and is equipped with a new fire control radar. Obviously, the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan Island is deceiving the people, because no matter how advanced the F-16V is, it is only an improved model of a fourth-generation fighter, including the IDF Jingguo fighter, and it is not qualified to call the board in front of the J-20 fighter at all. The so-called Tianjian-2 extended-range air-to-air missile is also the object of Taiwan's boasting, but in fact, Taiwan is just emboldening itself.