Taiwan Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

Ali Khan

Ali Khan

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Hi,
Taiwan will never attack china and tht my friend is a fact!
If ever china has conflict with USA (tht would be due to the chinese expansion in the yellow sea..aka vietnam area)...then even after a brief conflict japan would pull out!(its civilians wouldnt want to be a part of conflict between usa and china)...and would ask the US to evacuate its bases in japan!

After a lil fight taiwan wold realize tht it cant fight china and thus itself will surrender(politically)... theu wont even fire a bullet.....

But thts just my guess.
Cheers.

Ali Khan, Mr T is correct. This thread is about Military news from Taiwan. Not war between China and Taiwan. Or anywhere. Refrain from such off topic discussion. DO NOT OPEN A THREAD ABOUT A WAR BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN!!

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cptplt

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ROCA has ATACMS???

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded on Dec. 20 a $916,165,020 firm-fixed-price, with some cost-plus-fixed-fee contract line item numbers, contract. This award will provide 226 tactical missiles; 24 launcher mod kits; ground support equipment; contractor field support; and initial spares in Foreign Military Sales to United Arab Emirates, and Taiwan. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Lufkin, Texas; Ocala, Fla.; Camden, Ark.; and Chelmsford, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0001).
 
Mr T

Mr T

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cptplt said:
ROCA has ATACMS???
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I read about this a week ago. The announcement is odd as the US doesn't currently sell Taiwan surface-to-surface missiles like ATACMS. That said the contract is still there on the website so I would be surprised if it was in error. Wonder what it means.
 
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Mr T

Mr T

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The first of a dozen anti-submarine aircraft are set to go into service in Taiwan next year, local media reported Dec. 26, as east Asian governments look to counter an increasingly assertive China.

Washington agreed in 2007 to sell the refurbished P-3C Orion patrol aircraft, along with three non-operational machines for spares, and "the first ones will be delivered beginning next year," the Taipei-based China Times said.

"The surveillance range of Taiwan's anti-submarine fleet will expand tenfold after the P-3Cs join the navy," it quoted an unnamed military source as saying.

Taiwan's navy declined to comment on the report.

The P-3C fleet, which costs about $1.96 billion, is intended to replace the island's aging S-2T anti-submarine aircraft.
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Spartan95

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ROC's Air Force Chief has been demoted:

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President calls for good conduct after demotion of Air Force chief
2011/01/06 19:45:24

Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou has asked the heads of public agencies to conduct themselves well and lead by example following the demotion of the Air Force chief over misuse of public resources, Presidential Office spokesman Lo Chih-chiang said Thursday.

In a rare move, the Ministry of National Defense demoted Air Force Commanding General Lei Yu-chi earlier in the day after media reports said the previous day that military personnel served as ushers at his son's wedding banquet, raising questions about a possible misuse of public resources.

"The president was very concerned about the reports and urged the Defense Ministry to respond to the issue quickly and efficiently, " Lo said after the ministry announced Lei's removal from the Air Force's top post.

"Ma has also demanded that all public functionaries, regardless of whether they work the civilian or military sectors, abide by ethical rules and the code of conduct for civil servants, " Lo said, adding that the president wants those in leadership positions to always conduct themselves appropriately and to lead by example.

The Defense Ministry said Thursday in a statement that Lei had been demoted to the post of deputy chief of general staff in charge of Air Force affairs, with immediate effect.

Lei's post was taken over by Gen. Yen Ming, who originally served as deputy chief of general staff in charge of Air Force affairs, the statement added.

According to media reports, the people who served at the wedding banquet of Lei's son on New Year's Day were officers and enlisted men from the Air Force Command Headquarters and that the officers had even drafted a detailed plan for the wedding, as if it had been a military exercise.

The banquet at the Air Force Officers and Soldiers Recreation Center in downtown Taipei was reportedly attended by over 700 guests.

During a legislative session a day earlier, opposition Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers accused Lei of misusing public resources for private purposes.
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He was demoted for using military personnel to help out in his son's wedding dinner. Also, the new Air Force Chief has already been sworn in.

I'd think these guys should be in crisis mode. They are still wrangling over F-16 purchases from US while the J-20 is already out for testing. By the time the F-16s they purchase arrives (if the deal goes through), J-20s may be operational on the other side of the Taiwan Strait already. Are these guys living in denial?
 
Mr T

Mr T

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Spartan95 said:
I'd think these guys should be in crisis mode. They are still wrangling over F-16 purchases from US while the J-20 is already out for testing. By the time the F-16s they purchase arrives (if the deal goes through), J-20s may be operational on the other side of the Taiwan Strait already. Are these guys living in denial?
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Why worry about something that's outside of your control? The J-20 is years away from being operational, but more importantly we have no credible evidence of how good a plane it will be.

Taiwan is doing what it can to upgrade its airforce, short of introducing North Korean style public spending. They're not "wrangling" over the F-16 sales. That suggests they're trying to get a better deal than what they're being offered. They're trying to make it happen. If anyone is in denial it's the US, given they control what weapons are sold to Taiwan.
 
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Skywatcher

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Why doesn't China sanction companies that sell arms to Taiwan?
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Why bother? Most of the stuff over the past few years that involves multisector conglomerates is stuff like helicopters and subsystems that aren't worth sweating over, and it's not like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics have large mainland markets in the first place.
 
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