{"id":156542,"date":"2026-08-25T12:41:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156542"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:41:42","slug":"can-taiwans-new-f-16s-level-the-playing-field-against-the-plas-j-20-stealth-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156542","title":{"rendered":"Can Taiwan\u2019s new F-16s level the playing field against the PLA\u2019s J-20 stealth fighters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s first two F-16 Block 70 fighter jets from the United States are expected to arrive within days, with some analysts saying the improved models could give Taipei better odds against the People\u2019s Liberation Army\u2019s fifth-generation J-20 fighters.<br \/>\nThe jets will be the first deliveries under a long-delayed NT$247.3 billion (US$7.76 billion) deal for 66 aircraft.<br \/>\nThe two fighters, numbered 6727 and 6728, left a production facility in South Carolina on August 17. They stopped in Hawaii on&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3365234\/can-taiwans-new-f-16s-level-playing-field-against-plas-j-20-stealth-fighters?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s first two F-16 Block 70 fighter jets from the United States are expected to arrive within days, with some analysts saying the improved&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156542"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}