Taiwan will have limited countermeasures if the Russian S-400 air defense system is sold to China.
With the S-400, China will have complete surface-to-air defense coverage over Taiwan. Experts say Taiwan will need to have the F-35 by 2023 in order to fight any air war with the mainland.
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