I don’t know if it’s just that I wasn’t paying enough attention before, or if it’s related to the increased publicity of China’s hostility towards Taiwan, but I am noticing quite a few military planes these days, whereas before they would never catch my attention.
Taiwan has air force planes flying and practicing every single day. If you live in Taichung or Hualien they are a very common sight. The president said that the Chinese have been continually probing Taiwan and threatening our borders. The threat is real.
So long as they’re in the sky its all good. Who remembers when the IDF (indigenously developed jet fighter) was crashing so often it got the nickname It Doesn’t Fly?
Taiwan is urgently investing in more missiles , anti ship in particular. The government is taking the threat very seriously, you can see they have also invested in dozens and dozens of new coastguard/navy ships with a rapid production schedule and they also bought very expensive torpedoes. Of course they bought a bunch of upgraded F16s also.
From China’s actions we can see the visible threat and I assume the Taiwan governent has information from spies and satellites that we don’t know about.
I am concerned about the threat I think it’s a real possibility in the near to medium term.
With the reduced pollution and civilian air traffic, military aircraft have come out of hiding and are back in the air in their natural habitat. I think it’s beautiful and shows how much we change our environment.