Ukraine’s air force has survived. Taiwan’s almost certainly couldn’t (David Axe – The Strategist)

The Ukrainian air force went to war against invading Russian forces in February 2022 with just 125 combat aircraft concentrated at around a dozen large bases. Given Russia’s overwhelming deep-strike advantage—hundreds of deployed warplanes and thousands of cruise and ballistic missiles—few observers expected the Ukrainian brigades to survive the first hours of the war. But they did survive. And 38 months later, they’re still surviving—and flying daily air-defence and strike sorties. It has been an incredible feat. Can the equally outgunned Taiwanese air force duplicate it?

Ukraine’s air force has survived. Taiwan’s almost certainly couldn’t | The Strategist