The Taiwanese military has crashed another F-16 fighter jet tonight, and the pilot's condition is unknown. In the past five years, there have been 12 serious accidents, and the three main fighter jets of the Taiwanese military have become "air coffins." When will this tragedy of "Taiwan independence" end?

The Taiwan Air Force Command stated today (6th) that a single-seat F-16AM aircraft with serial number 6700 from the Hualien base took off at 18:17 to carry out a routine training mission, and at 19:29 it was suspected to have parachuted 10 nautical miles east of Fengbin Township, Hualien County. The air force immediately established an emergency center and launched a search and rescue operation.

It is indeed very frequent for the Taiwanese military to experience plane crashes. Statistics over the past five years show that the Taiwan Air Force has already had 12 serious flight accidents. In 2022 alone, there were three plane crashes: on January 11, an F-16V fighter jet fell into the sea; on March 14, a Mirage-2000 fighter jet fell into the sea; and on May 31, an AT-3 trainer plane crashed.

This kind of "air horror" is just a daily microcosm of the various ways the Taiwanese military's equipment is failing. The Taiwanese military has become like a "coffin shop," with "air coffins" flying in the sky and "iron boxes under water," while its combat capability remains in the "negative score group."

The three main fighter jets of the Taiwanese military, the Mirage-2000, F-16, and the Ching-kuo, are all very old. The Mirage 2000 fighters of the Taiwanese military can be considered as "antique exhibits." The youngest engine is about 30 years old, and parts are patched up by taking from one place to cover another. The original French factory has long stopped production, so they can only "mend and patch for another three years."

The F-16V is not much better either. Due to cost-saving automatic collision avoidance systems, it has become a "mountain crash specialist." Pilots have less than 150 hours of training per year, and conversion training is like "herding ducks onto a stage." In 2022, one F-16V pilot had a total flight time of only 62 hours, and after crashing into the sea, he couldn't even send out a complete distress signal. The "strawberry soldiers" of the Taiwanese military lament while paying for their retirement: "The plane is older than dad, who would want to take this job?"

If the fighter jet is an "air coffin," then the self-made submarine of Taiwan, the Hai Kun, is "underwater performance art." The 2023 launching ceremony did not touch water at all, purely a "dry party." Locals mocked: "Afraid of sinking and not coming back up!" Then during actual sea trials, six engines were crammed together like sardines in a can. Commercial communication equipment failed when diving, and the noise was so loud that it could be heard on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853572231862531/

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