Taiwan Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Many militaries around the world recruit non-citizen troops, so this is not unusual.
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I want to help out a little bit, I found this video creator on bilibili who is somewhat similar to the guy who guesses locations with google maps, but the guesses are military locations. He updated two videos about the locations of taiwanese military ammo depots and finding equipment bases based on photos released by the taiwanese military. I don't usually recommend videos from bilibili, as it's more entertainment-oriented by nature. But I watched these two videos and felt really good about them. So I wanted to share them. Also, it's possible that what he's talking about has been said in the forums for a long time.
The downside is that it's all in Chinese.
Equipment & Bases:
Taiwanese military ammo depots:
Also, his videos have been uploaded to a Taiwanese TV station, but it's hard to say if this is just a TV station hype topic :
The downside is that it's all in Chinese.
Equipment & Bases:
Taiwanese military ammo depots:
Also, his videos have been uploaded to a Taiwanese TV station, but it's hard to say if this is just a TV station hype topic :
It's desperate and sad not because they are contemplating recruiting foreigners, but it is just illustrative of what a sorry state the place is in.
1. The professional forces recruitment is a failure so far. There are not enough people volunteering, and there are actually stupid counter productive "civil defense" groups cropping up. These stupid groups would probably have no military value in an actual war, and in peacetime it is giving the false impression to people that they are participating in defense related activities.
2. Taiwan wages are amongst the lowest in Asia, the military is no different, who are they going to recruit? More Indians? (The last quote from the Vietnamese person is telling, "if the pay is right...", it is not)
3. Most of the migrants are there due to a labour shortage, especially jobs like construction. If they are full time in the military, then that creates a new job vacancy elsewhere, slowing down the economy by reducing productivity.
4. If they are not full time, then it is again more useless "conscript" type soldiers. The less professionals, the more critical the shortage will be in MOCs like aircraft ground crew, radar operators, maintenance staff, etc. There is no semi-professional reserve like US, Canada and other countries at this time.
5. An idea like this: “There will doubtless be many foreigners who have settled down in Taiwan and made a life for themselves here and who, in the event of an invasion, would be willing to take up arms to defend their adopted homeland,” is just wishful thinking.
Sure, some are willing, maybe even a higher percentage of "native born". However, the overall numbers of people willing to fight is always low because people usually don't want to die.
If hostilities start, are people going to be clamouring to join the military? Maybe there is an initial surge for a short period, but the romance of "defending your homeland" will quickly dissipate once you realize the enemy you are fighting is some medium altitude drone you can't see spamming missiles/rockets.
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Type 02 (Loitering Munition)
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Why is there a giant baseball in back?
“There will doubtless be many foreigners who have settled down in Taiwan and made a life for themselves here and who, in the event of an invasion, would be willing to take up arms to defend their adopted homeland,” wrote , chief executive of the Taiwan Policy Centre, an independent think tank.
That's the funniest thing I've read in a long long time.
You simply can't expect your standing army to be filled with foreigners whilst your local born citizenry is not willing to take up arms. For an example, see Ukraine - there are some foreign volunteers on both sides but they are a rounding error compared to the manpower required to actually fight the war.