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Two O. H. Perry class FFGs may be sold to Taiwan.

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San Diego based warship might be sold to Taiwan

Originally published August 5, 2010 at 9:04 p.m., updated August 6, 2010 at 12:42 p.m.

The San Diego-based warship USS Jarrett might become one of two aging frigates that will be sold to Taiwan late this year or in early 2011, says Apple Daily, a large Taiwanese newspaper. The U.S. Navy also is considering selling the USS Doyle, which is based in Mayport, Fla.

Both Perry-class frigates are scheduled to be decommissioned next year.

Apple Daily says the U.S. Navy is considering selling the two ships for a total of $40 million.

"Taiwan's navy already operates a fleet of eight such frigates, but it has launched a five-year build-up beginning from 2008," Hsia Yu-teh, a spokesman for the Taiwanese Navy, told the newspaper.

The 453-foot Jarrett was built at Todd Pacific Shipyards in San Pedro and commissioned in 1983, during the Cold War. The ship was designed, in part, to find and track Soviet submarines. The Taiwanese are looking for additional vessels to monitor the Chinese Navy.
 

Semi-Lobster

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Two O. H. Perry class FFGs may be sold to Taiwan.

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Hmmm, I wonder if this gesture would be a gateway for further renewed military exchanges and sales to the ROC or is this just a way for the US to try to placate them for not selling more F-16s? Well either way it show at the very least an interest in the old priorities
 

In4ser

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Meh its a sign of a change in posture towards China imo, playing an speaking out about China's border dispute with other SE Asia countries, Nuclear co-op with Japan and now this. I think Obama is doing all he can to annoy China.
 

Aero_Wing_32

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Meh its a sign of a change in posture towards China imo, playing an speaking out about China's border dispute with other SE Asia countries, Nuclear co-op with Japan and now this. I think Obama is doing all he can to annoy China.
I do not think so... :(
 

siegecrossbow

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Public relations warfare: In the 21st century, the best way to get your enemy to cease offensive operations is to provoke an international outcry about civilian casualties. That's what happened at 1st Falluja, in Lebanon in 2006, in Gaza in 2009, the Sri Lankan Army slowed down while crushing the Tigers due to international pressure...the list goes on and on. Therefore, Taiwan needs to get it's splattered civilians in front of the cameras as soon as possible once the missiles start falling, and keep them there.

Please don't give the Taiwan independence people any ideas! I'm afraid that these crazy people may actually implement them once the inevitable happens!
 

ccL1

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Public relations warfare: In the 21st century, the best way to get your enemy to cease offensive operations is to provoke an international outcry about civilian casualties. That's what happened at 1st Falluja, in Lebanon in 2006, in Gaza in 2009, the Sri Lankan Army slowed down while crushing the Tigers due to international pressure...the list goes on and on. Therefore, Taiwan needs to get it's splattered civilians in front of the cameras as soon as possible once the missiles start falling, and keep them there.

Your whole post is totally right, and I'm not accusing you of being wrong. I just have a small issue with your examples.

Did public relations play a big role in your examples?

For example, the Sri Lankan civil war. Did public relations play that big of a role? Because in the end, the Sri Lankan army still annihilated the Tamil Tigers anyway by squeezing them into a tight pocket and killing them one by one (except the ones that surrendered).

And the Lebanon 2006 war. I thought Israel's inability to achieve any of their goals had more to do with the war's conclusion than public relations, especially since Israel had the West on it's side. Israel didn't achieve any of their stated objectives: retrieve the soldiers that Hezbollah kidnapped, destroy Hezbollah as an organization, and stop the rocket barrage of Northern Israel. I don't think it was because of the international outcry of Lebanese casualties that halted Israel's assault. I thought it was just pure frustration at not being able to achieve any of their military/strategic objectives.

I can't say anything about Fallujah and Gaza though. I'm not as versed in about those, so I'll take your word for it.
 

Finn McCool

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Your whole post is totally right, and I'm not accusing you of being wrong. I just have a small issue with your examples.

Did public relations play a big role in your examples?

For example, the Sri Lankan civil war. Did public relations play that big of a role? Because in the end, the Sri Lankan army still annihilated the Tamil Tigers anyway by squeezing them into a tight pocket and killing them one by one (except the ones that surrendered).

And the Lebanon 2006 war. I thought Israel's inability to achieve any of their goals had more to do with the war's conclusion than public relations, especially since Israel had the West on it's side. Israel didn't achieve any of their stated objectives: retrieve the soldiers that Hezbollah kidnapped, destroy Hezbollah as an organization, and stop the rocket barrage of Northern Israel. I don't think it was because of the international outcry of Lebanese casualties that halted Israel's assault. I thought it was just pure frustration at not being able to achieve any of their military/strategic objectives.

I can't say anything about Fallujah and Gaza though. I'm not as versed in about those, so I'll take your word for it.

In Sri Lanka, international attention forced the Sri Lankan military to slow down its operations at the end of the conflict. The conclusion was already forgone, but the Tigers survived for maybe a few weeks longer than they would have otherwise. It just goes to show that intense international attention has an affect on the decision-makers.

As for Israel and Lebanon, you are largely correct, but then again, so am I. Both factors were at play, and reinforced each other. The international community was pressuring Israel to end the war and restrain itself, which prevented Israel from having as much of a free hand as it would have liked. I'm sure Israeli commanders would have liked to continue the fighting longer, but politically that wasn't an option, and that's part of the reason the conflict was such a failure for Israel.

1st Fallujah:
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In Gaza, again, Israel had to edit its plans because of civilian casualties and ended up suffering a huge propaganda defeat.
 

Finn McCool

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Please don't give the Taiwan independence people any ideas! I'm afraid that these crazy people may actually implement them once the inevitable happens!

Hey man we're just military enthusiasts talking strategy, and there's very few better intellectual exercises.
 

solarz

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In Sri Lanka, international attention forced the Sri Lankan military to slow down its operations at the end of the conflict. The conclusion was already forgone, but the Tigers survived for maybe a few weeks longer than they would have otherwise. It just goes to show that intense international attention has an affect on the decision-makers.

As for Israel and Lebanon, you are largely correct, but then again, so am I. Both factors were at play, and reinforced each other. The international community was pressuring Israel to end the war and restrain itself, which prevented Israel from having as much of a free hand as it would have liked. I'm sure Israeli commanders would have liked to continue the fighting longer, but politically that wasn't an option, and that's part of the reason the conflict was such a failure for Israel.

1st Fallujah:
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In Gaza, again, Israel had to edit its plans because of civilian casualties and ended up suffering a huge propaganda defeat.

I think you're overestimating the value of public relations in a war. Public relations has always been a factor in conflicts. Even Hitler had to use anti-Polish propaganda first before invading Poland. However, when a society is motivated enough to go to war, there is usually very little that words along is able to stop. Slow down perhaps, but not stop.
 
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