tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7811658648346433382..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: US-Taiwan Business Council Report on Air Power, F-16sMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-77466263906712212782010-05-12T23:51:41.874+08:002010-05-12T23:51:41.874+08:00What is the advance warning given by detection sys...What is the advance warning given by detection systems to an SRBM launch? If the jets can get in the air before the SRBM hits, then some percentage of their effectiveness can be retained. Of course, then the bomb-damaged runways will need to be quickly patched up by quick-repair methods or the jets will have nowhere to land. I know that the USAF worked on this technology.<br /><br />Regarding the jets scrambling, I personally designed the IDF software that performs the preflight system testing (for the flight controls). At that time, it took about 90 seconds; it's no doubt changed since then. It did not have an "attack mode" that I have seen on other airplanes like the Israeli LAVI. The attack mode does an abbreviated test of must-have components and can run about 20 seconds.<br /><br />Of course, all that is useless unless there is a pilot in the cockpit to hit the button, and the engine needs to be running, at least for the last part of the test. Having more than a few planes on this kind of hot standby would be cost- and maintenance- prohibitive.P. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11503894022260641010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1776259678260047852010-05-12T08:17:16.286+08:002010-05-12T08:17:16.286+08:00A recent RAND Corporation report found that 90-250...A recent RAND Corporation report found that 90-250 SRBMs “would suffice to cut every runway at Taiwan’s 10 fighter main operating bases and damage or destroy virtually every unsheltered aircraft located on them.” So why is Taiwan buying 66 more F-16s? Some people in Texas need jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com