China’s Air Force: Almost Ready For The Taiwan Scenario?

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Timecodes
00:00 - PLAAF: Then and Now
00:51 - Political, Industrial and Societal Foundations
02:47 - Strategic Goals
03:36 - PLAAF Air Defence
04:02 - PLAAF Air Dominace (over Taiwan)
04:23 - PLAAF Counter-Intervention
04:49 - PLAAF Nuclear Deterrent
05:19 - (Old) Reliances on Russia
06:46 - Generational Leaps
07:26 - War Thunder [Sponsor]
08:35 - Generational Leaps (cont.)
10:06 - Air-to-Air Munitions
12:55 - Pilot Training
15:13 - Bottom Line
16:58 - Credits

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