Off topic but.I am talking about 1990s also where Taiwanese air force was more advanced than PLAAF and had the support of the US Navy, as I said in 1996 when China threatened Taiwan US Navy sailed 2 aircraft carriers with FA18 hornets which outclassed any PLAAF jet barely 70 km off of Chinese coastline. Other than 1971 such an incident never happened with India.
As for Taiwanese air defence, they don't have integrated air defencd network???? Wtf that means they are absolutely cooked because PLARF will launch hundreds of BMs at them in a very short span?!? How exactly do these guys think they can beat back China without an integrated air defence system and long range ballistic missiles. Man they're even more cooked than I thought.
Taiwan's defense budget was 1.9% of its gdp in 2020.
A small island nation threatened by a magnitudes superior enemy had less than 2% of its gdp as a defense budget.
Nato baseline recommend is 2% "during peacetime".
Though taiwan claims to increase defense spending above 3% gdp in 2026.
But that's after Trump pressured them to.
A small island nation threatened by a magnitudes superior enemy only decided to increase defense spending after a foreign nation pressured them to spend on their defense.
How they neglected their military till now, honestly makes me think they deserve to be invaded.
One of the Most retarded behaviour I have ever seen.