IF China Acquires S-400 + S Korea's Indigenous Fighters

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(1) Wendell Minnick, Time Running Out for Taiwan if Russia Releases S-400 SAM. Defense News, May 25, 2013.
http://www.defensenews.com/artic ... -Releases-S-400-SAM

My comment:
(a) I presume that when China possesses S-400, Taiwan's fighter jets dare not fly. Even so, that does not mean China automatically gain air superiority. Taiwan has its own SAMs (surface-to-air missiles).

(b) "It is time the US seriously rethinks Taiwan’s export request for the AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile for its F-16s, he [York Chen, who is pro-independence] said."
(i) AGM-88 HARM missiles "home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems."  Wikipedia
(ii) I suppose the HARM missile would be to eliminate radars, so as to blind the S-400 batteries.
(iii) But didn't Taiwan boast of producing its own indigenous missile with similar function?

(c) "China’s potential acquisition of S-400 SAMs would represent an important move because these systems allow for ballistic-missile defense capabilities that it lacks, [Ian] Easton said."
(i) Didn't China succeed in missile interception twice, in January 2007 and January, 2013?
(ii) Frankly I am unaware of S-400's success in missile interception.


(2) South Korea Buys Local Jet Fighters. Strategy Page, May 25, 2013.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20130525.aspx

Note:
(a) Northrop F-5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5
(Produced 1959-1987; it was perhaps the most effective air-to-air fighter possessed by the US in the 1960s and early 1970s; F-5s in Taiwan: 1965-2019 (projected))
(b) For both T-50 and FA-50, see KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAI_T-50_Golden_Eagle
(developed by Korea Aerospace Industries [KAI] with Lockheed Martin; Produced 2001–present; The T-50 is South Korea's first indigenous supersonic aircraft and one of the world's few supersonic trainers)

The engine(s) of the airplanes are imported.