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F-16Vs headed to Taiwan region; expert says incapable of shifting cross-Straits air power balance_我的网站

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一 | 　　北京8月17日电（记者韩鹏飞）8月17日，国务院新闻办公室举行新闻发布会，介绍2026年7月份国民经济运行情况。

Illustration: Xia Qing/GTRecent media attention has focused on Taiwan region's purchase of 66 F-16V (Blk 70) fighter jets from the US, the first two of which are now en route to the island. A mainland expert said the induction of these jets cannot change the cross-Straits air power balance. Their performance is comparable to the PLA's J-10C, but against the likes of J-16, J-20 and J-35, their tactical value is limited. The real gap, however, is not in individual aircraft, but in the PLA's already mature air combat system.
Taiwan region is beginning to receive the first operational aircraft from its 66-jet F-16V Block 70 order, reported Defence Security Asia on Saturday. The first two single-seat fighters, serials 6727 and 6728, departed the US on August 17, 2026, transited through Fort Worth and Hawaii, and were expected to continue through Guam before reaching Chihhang Air Base, weather permitting.
In addition to purchasing brand-new fighters, Taiwan region had previously cooperated with the US to upgrade 140 F-16A/B aircraft to the F-16V (Blk 20) standard. That upgrade work was fully completed in December 2023, according to CNA on August 19.
Taiwan region previously claimed that the F-16V (Blk 70), in addition to featuring increased thrust, airframe optimizations, extended range, and conformal fuel tanks, also enhances beyond-visual-range combat capability and partial stealth characteristics. It is equipped with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, providing multiple functions including air-to-air search, tracking, weapons guidance, electronic warfare, and communications, according to the HK01.
The F-16V (Blk 70) is the newest variant of the F-16 family, Song Zhongping, a mainland military affairs expert, told the Global Times on Sunday. The PLA's mainstay fighters have already been widely equipped with AESA radars and are at the same technological generation as the F-16V (Blk 70). In comparison with the J-10C, both fall into the light-to-medium fighter category and have a degree of comparability.
However, comparing to a heavy fighter such as the J-16, and especially when facing fifth-generation aircraft like the J-20 and J-35 that possess a clear generational advantage, the F-16V has no edge at all. Constrained by its original medium-weight, single-engine design, the F-16V faces inherent gaps versus heavy fighters in range, payload, and upgrade potential, Song explained.
The expert pointed out that what decides victory or defeat is no longer the performance of individual aircraft, but the entire combat system behind them.
Modern warfare is no longer a matter of "soldier versus soldier, general versus general." The PLA's advantage lies in its comprehensively overwhelming system-of-systems combat capability. It is not necessary to shoot down an F-16V in the air, it can also be destroyed on the ground, by striking its shelters or cratering runways so that it cannot take off or land, Song said.
The F-16V does improve Taiwan region's individual aircraft capabilities, but once integrated into a system-of-systems combat environment, its ability to alter the overall situation is extremely limited, said Song.
A Xinhua News Agency report in March 2026 described how a certain PLA Air Force unit organized its three mainstay fighters, the J-20, J-16 and J-10C, to conduct multi-day-and-night air combat confrontation training covering situation sharing, coordinated strikes, electromagnetic countermeasures, and other subjects.
The Taiwan regional authorities' attempt to rely on these F-16Vs to "resist reunification by force" is no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot, Song said.
From August 5 to 14, the Taiwan regional authorities conducted this year's "Han Kuang" military exercises. A CCTV News report on August 14 noted that the Taiwan region's Han Kuang exercises have become an annual farce. The entire exercise was plagued by continuous controversies.
The so-called "Han Kuang" exercises have always been a hollow, wasteful spectacle. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities are hereby warned: the "Taiwan independence" dead end leads nowhere and cannot be altered. The PLA remains on high alert around the clock, continuously enhancing its combat readiness against separatist and external interference activities. It is, and will always be, the solid foundation for safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and for maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, Senior Colonel Chen Xi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said on August 14.
。　　会上，国家统计局新闻发言人、国民经济综合统计司副司长王冠华介绍，7月份，我国居民消费价格总体保持温和上涨态势，同比上涨0.5%，涨幅比上个月回落0.5个百分点，环比下降0.1%，主要是由于国际输入性因素的影响。7月份，国际原油价格振荡下行，国内汽油价格环比下降10.7%，降幅比上个月扩大5.8个百分点，影响CPI环比下降约0.35个百分点。从同比来看，国内汽油价格7月份同比上涨1%，涨幅比上个月回落16个百分点，影响CPI同比涨幅回落约0.45个百分点。　　食品和能源价格受短期因素的影响较大，观察物价的变化不仅要看CPI，还要看扣除食品和能源之后的核心CPI的变化。7月份，核心CPI环比上涨0.3%，同比上涨0.9%，涨幅都比较稳定。

二 | 特别是部分的工业消费品和服务价格上涨比较明显，反映了居民消费提质扩容对于物价的支撑。具体来看，7月份，扣除能源的工业消费品价格同比上涨1.5%，其中黄金饰品、个人护理用品价格分别上涨24.6%和1.7%；人工智能驱动消费电子产品迭代升级，相关产品的需求旺盛，价格上涨，计算机、平板电脑、移动电话机的价格同比和环比都有所上涨。

三 | 另外，居民多样化、个性化、品质化的服务消费需求不断释放，带动7月份的服务价格同比上涨0.7%，其中医疗服务、家政服务、在外餐饮价格同比分别上涨4.3%、1.3%和1.0%。另外，随着暑期的文旅出行需求增加，旅行社收费、宾馆住宿、飞机票、交通工具租赁的价格也都比上个月有所上涨。　　另外，判断物价的变化，不能只盯着单个月份的数据，还要看累计、看连续多个月份的变化才能够得出更加客观的结论。前7个月，我国CPI同比上涨0.9%，核心CPI上涨1.1%，与去年全年和去年同期相比，涨幅都有比较明显的回升。综合来看，尽管国际输入性因素对于国内部分领域价格造成了扰动，但是消费价格温和上涨的态势没有改变。物价能否合理回升，主要还是看国内的需求状况和供求关系。