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中新网客户端北京7月11日电(记者 王昊)“为国出征，义不容辞，国家队需要，必定全力以赴！”在中国男篮开启亚洲杯赛程前，翟晓川被紧急征调进队，在机场，他发布微博晒出自己的9号球衣，并写下这段话。

B | 在刚过去的这个CBA赛季，翟晓川饱受伤病困扰，多年的职业生涯带给了他荣誉，以及不时袭来的身体上的疼痛。难得的休赛期，他却远赴海外，为国效力。在翟晓川的微博下，他的妻子留言道：“没赶上抱一下你。” 和他一起被紧急征调的还有其他4人。

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    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.
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D | 在他们出发的同一天，中国篮协宣布，此前前往澳大利亚参加世预赛的男篮队员中，多人新冠核酸检测阳性，只能留在墨尔本，暂时无法前往马尼拉备战亚洲杯。

E | 翟晓川的微博背景图，是一张漫画，画的是2019年男篮世界杯中国队的阵容。

F | 那届比赛，主场作战的中国队小组未能出线，无法直接获得奥运会门票。而在2021年的东京，最终也未见到中国男篮的身影。

G | 那时候男篮队员们多少也都带着伤病，训练的时候翟晓川问易建联脚怎么样，易建联说：“还能用。”翟晓川笑着说：“我的也还能用。” 但这样的画面并非球迷们记忆的主角，失误、惨败、愤怒是那届比赛的主色调。而后的几年里，周琦们一直在为那次比赛产生的负面舆论买单。而即使是前几天周琦在机场晕倒的消息登上微博热搜时，依然有人在揶揄着，却对在世预赛的比赛中，周琦撑起中国队内线视而不见。于是，一些“魔幻”的现象出现了。在外比赛的男篮队员、教练们，不但要面临比赛的压力，还要承受感染新冠的风险，而在互联网上，却还有不少球迷正在抨击和谩骂。常常有人出言不逊后拿姚明曾经在采访里说的那句“兴你打成这样，不兴别人说？”来当作自己的挡箭牌，但其实要明确的是，姚明支持的一定是客观理性的评论，而不是单纯情绪的宣泄。客观来看，中国男篮在世预赛第三窗口期的表现，并非一无是处。

H | 除了与澳大利亚的二番战中第四节的崩盘令人失望外，队伍还是展现了较好的精神面貌和新的战术特点。而即将到来的亚洲杯，对于中国男篮会是不小的考验。因为疫情影响，中国队最后能够拿出怎样的成绩目前还是未知数。然而在遥远的雅加达，队员们正全力以赴地备战。无论前路是掌声、鲜花亦或是质疑、不满，永远行进在为下一场胜利拼搏的路上，这或许就是即使中国男篮身处低谷，我们依然还深爱这支球队的原因。12日晚，中国男篮将迎来本届亚洲首个对手韩国队。作为亚洲男篮的两大老牌强队，中国队和韩国队曾在各个赛场奉献过无数经典对抗。而最近几年让人印象最深刻的，恐怕要数2015年长沙亚锦赛。在小组赛中，中国队在一度落后20分的情况下，最终逆转取胜。球队落后时，现场的数千名球迷一起唱起了《歌唱祖国》，那也是中国篮球历史上最经典的场景之一。中国篮球从来不乏可爱的球迷，希望这样理性、有益的声音越来越多。(完)