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Taiwan adds minelaying to defenses against China​

Taiwan on Friday commissioned new navy minelayers to add to its defenses against giant rival China.

President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a commissioning ceremony for the navy’s First and Second Mining Operations Squadrons, which will operate ships able to automatically sow large numbers of small but powerful mines at high speed without the need for divers.

Such technologies are part of a strategy to deter any possible invasion from China, with its huge army and vast superiority in numbers of warplanes, ships and other weaponry.

China claims Taiwan as its own territory, and has stepped up its threat to bring it under its control by force if necessary with frequent military exercises and by dispatching fighter jets and other planes to fly near the island.

The initial order of four ships manufactured by Lungteh Shipbuilding is part of a drive by Tsai to revitalize the domestic arms industry and reduce Taiwan’s dependence on chief ally the United States for defensive weapons. Lungteh also produces missile corvettes, patrol boats and other craft for the Taiwanese armed forces and police, along with ones for civilian use.

The automatic mine laying system was developed by Taiwan’s Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology.

The ships give the navy “even stronger power in protecting our waters,” Tsai said at the ceremony. Their commissioning “demonstrated the fruits of the indigenous defense industry and showed the world our determination to defend our country,” she said.

Lt. Hsu Shu-wei of the Second Mining Operations Squadron said the purpose of the new technology was simply to “build up our asymmetric warfare power.”
“Our target is to deter the enemy from getting on our island,” Hsu said.

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Phead128

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Quite frankly, Ukraine is not going to do anything to provoke a Russian invasion since this is an *Extremely* sensitive period of time. So if Russia comes out and says: "Ukraine attacked ME, so we are justified in our invasion of Ukraine as Retaliation." Ukraine is already scared shitless and asking for help. I would call bullshit on that. That's just my opinion.
 
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Overbom

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EU with French characteristics lol
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  • Despite repeated calls by Lithuania’s foreign minister for further concrete actions by the EU, no new measures were announced
The European Union’s top diplomats hope to de-escalate Lithuania’s dispute with China as they also seek to secure a summit meeting with Beijing before the end of March.
Following a two-day session of the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers in the French port city of Brest, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that members stood in “solidarity” with Lithuania – even if no new support measures were forthcoming.
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Arnies

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But don't worry he will sort it out before the Olympics is over.
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gelgoog

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Lithuania also wanted the rest of the Baltic countries to boycott purchasing electricity from Belarus once the new Belarussian nuclear power plant at Astravets became operational. This because Belarus basically put the power plant right across the border from where their capital, Vilnius, is. Guess what the rest of the Baltic countries like cheap electricity so they basically ignored them.
 
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