The green media on Taiwan Island has long exaggerated the tense atmosphere between the two sides of the strait, and last night a fighter plane crashed into the sea on Taiwan Island, and under the rendering of the green media on Taiwan Island, there is already quite a mistake of the PLA. According to the information released by the defense department of Taiwan Island, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) dispatched at least 19 warplanes on the morning of September 11 to carry out a patrol mission in the sea and air space around Taiwan Island. According to public reports, the Taiwan Battle Mirage 2000 fighter crashed because of an engine failure, apparently having nothing to do with the PLA, but the Taiwan Island Green Media continued to touch porcelain.
After the crash of the Mirage 2000 fighter jet into the sea on September 10, there are still 53 Mirage 2000 fighter jets in service on Taiwan Island, and judging from the public information, many people have been killed in the seven crashes. Taiwan began to equip the Mirage 200 fighters imported from France in 1997, when Taiwan purchased 60 Mirage fighters and equipped them with Mika air-to-air missiles, thus giving the Taiwan fighters a medium-range strike capability. When Taiwan buys France fighter jets, it also buys stealth missile frigates from France and conventionally powered submarines from Netherlands, thus openly enhancing Taiwan's military strength. Today, Taiwan's Mirage 2000 fighter has lost its previous advantage, because the comprehensive capability of many PLA fighters is far above that of the Mirage 2000 fighter.
When France announced the export of Mirage 2000 fighters to Taiwan, most of the fighters owned by the PLA still belonged to the second-generation aircraft model, in fact, there were still a large number of J-6 fighters in service at that time, and when Taiwan had Mirage 2000 fighters, it was also equipped with F-16A/B fighters imported from United States, obviously there was a big technical gap between J-16 fighters and American and French fighters. After the PLA equipped with Su-27 fighters imported from Russia, it had the ability to deal with Western fighters purchased from Taiwan, and now the PLA air power can crush Taiwan's fighter equipment, in fact, models such as J-16 are enough to deal with all fighter platforms on Taiwan.
In addition to the Mirage 2000 fighter and F-16A / B fighters, Taiwan also has a large number of its own IDF fighter equipment, Taiwan Island began the development of the third generation fighter very early, in fact, with the assistance of the United States, the development and equipment of the IDF fighter has been realized, in recent years, Taiwan has developed a new generation of advanced training aircraft on the basis of the IDF fighter, so as to continue the corresponding level of fighter development. As far as the overall strength is concerned, the level of Taiwan's fighter planes can no longer be compared with that of the PLA, so Taiwan is powerless to interfere with and stop the PLA Eastern Theater's patrol in the sea and airspace around Taiwan Island.
Judging by the information released by Taiwan, 53 Mirage 2000 fighters have been grounded, because all fighters will be thoroughly inspected to ensure that no similar accidents will occur. So far, Taiwan has not announced the specific cause of the accident, only claiming that it was because of engine failure, in fact, the relationship between France and Taiwan is far less than in the 90s of the last century, when the economy of Chinese mainland rose, France had to consider its own economic interests, so it did not fully provide Taiwan with all kinds of accessories for the Mirage 2000 fighter, so the use of the Mirage 2000 fighter on Taiwan Island caused a huge impact.