Taiwan Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Aero_Wing_32
Junior Member
Whatever the submarine or fighter project, It will need 2 decades to build them up. I do think that taiwanese are in urgent need of 4th generation fighters.
Meanwhile the PLA, if not playing in the taiwanese seas, is now flying in the taiwanese air space. And that s not a great news to see Su-27 facing the old F-16 A/B of the ROCAF.
Taiwan: Chinese fighter jets entered its airspace
Taiwan: Chinese fighter jets entered its airspacePublished on 25 July 2011 - 6:20am
Two Chinese fighter planes intruded into Taiwanese airspace, the defence ministry said Monday, in an incident local press said resulted from their attempts to drive away a US spy aircraft.
In the high-altitude face-off, one Chinese jet did not leave until two Taiwanese planes were sent to intercept it, the island's United Daily News reported.
The incident took place in late June when two SU-27 fighter planes of China's People's Liberation Army tried to drive away a US U2 reconnaissance aircraft, the News said.
The US plane was reportedly flying along the Taiwan Strait to collect information about the Chinese mainland.
One of the Chinese fighters crossed the middle of the Taiwan Strait, widely considered to be the boundary between Taiwan's airspace and that of the mainland, the News said.
"The intruder did not turn back until two F-16 fighters of (the) Taiwan Air Force scrambled to intercept it," it said, citing an unnamed military source.
Taiwan's defence ministry said that two Chinese Su-27s had briefly flown over the middle of the Strait on June 29.
The ministry said the incident was not "provocative", but sparked concerns.
"The mainland military needs to exercise its restraint, or unexpected clashes may happen," warned Shuai Hua-min, legislator with the ruling Kuomintang party.
The incident highlighted fragile mutual trust between Taiwan and China, despite fast-warming ties since President Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomintang came to power in 2008.
Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and refuses to abandon the possibility of taking Taiwan by force, even though the island has ruled itself since 1949, when the two sides split at the end of a civil war.
The United States gives diplomatic recognition to Beijing and not Taipei, but provides military support to Taiwan. Under a 1979 act of Congress, the United States is required to provide Taiwan with arms to defend itself.
Last week in its national defence report, published every other year, Taiwan's defence ministry warned that the military threat to the island from China was greater than ever.
It said the People's Liberation Army has continued to deploy various new weapons in the Fujian and Guangdong areas, referring to two Chinese provinces located directly to the west of Taiwan.
It said the PLA has more than 1,000 ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan.
Meanwhile the PLA, if not playing in the taiwanese seas, is now flying in the taiwanese air space. And that s not a great news to see Su-27 facing the old F-16 A/B of the ROCAF.
Taiwan: Chinese fighter jets entered its airspace
Taiwan: Chinese fighter jets entered its airspacePublished on 25 July 2011 - 6:20am
Two Chinese fighter planes intruded into Taiwanese airspace, the defence ministry said Monday, in an incident local press said resulted from their attempts to drive away a US spy aircraft.
In the high-altitude face-off, one Chinese jet did not leave until two Taiwanese planes were sent to intercept it, the island's United Daily News reported.
The incident took place in late June when two SU-27 fighter planes of China's People's Liberation Army tried to drive away a US U2 reconnaissance aircraft, the News said.
The US plane was reportedly flying along the Taiwan Strait to collect information about the Chinese mainland.
One of the Chinese fighters crossed the middle of the Taiwan Strait, widely considered to be the boundary between Taiwan's airspace and that of the mainland, the News said.
"The intruder did not turn back until two F-16 fighters of (the) Taiwan Air Force scrambled to intercept it," it said, citing an unnamed military source.
Taiwan's defence ministry said that two Chinese Su-27s had briefly flown over the middle of the Strait on June 29.
The ministry said the incident was not "provocative", but sparked concerns.
"The mainland military needs to exercise its restraint, or unexpected clashes may happen," warned Shuai Hua-min, legislator with the ruling Kuomintang party.
The incident highlighted fragile mutual trust between Taiwan and China, despite fast-warming ties since President Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomintang came to power in 2008.
Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and refuses to abandon the possibility of taking Taiwan by force, even though the island has ruled itself since 1949, when the two sides split at the end of a civil war.
The United States gives diplomatic recognition to Beijing and not Taipei, but provides military support to Taiwan. Under a 1979 act of Congress, the United States is required to provide Taiwan with arms to defend itself.
Last week in its national defence report, published every other year, Taiwan's defence ministry warned that the military threat to the island from China was greater than ever.
It said the People's Liberation Army has continued to deploy various new weapons in the Fujian and Guangdong areas, referring to two Chinese provinces located directly to the west of Taiwan.
It said the PLA has more than 1,000 ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan.
Semi-Lobster
Junior Member
I wonder if there will be any political outcomes from this. I wonder if there will be any official statement from the MA government about this incident?
So it is OK for a US aircraft crossing the middle line of straight to the China side but it is a problem when a Chinese aircraft crosses the middle line to the Taiwan side?
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Well if it were the other way around, it would be seen as Chinese aggression that China would dare to send a spy plane to collect intelligence and would be an excuse to upgrade their military. How about this is an excuse for the very same thing. Involving a chased US spy plnae should infuriate those in the US Congress to push even more for advanced military sales to Taiwan. It smells very orchestrated.
From Taiwan Yahoo:
h t t p://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110725/2/2vnvc.html
The U-2 spy plane was flying in the west of the middle line. Chinese Su-27 crossed the middle line when chasing off the U-2 and Taiwan cries foul.
From Global Times:
h t t p://mil.huanqiu.com/world/2011-07/1847761.html
h t t p://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110725/2/2vnvc.html
The U-2 spy plane was flying in the west of the middle line. Chinese Su-27 crossed the middle line when chasing off the U-2 and Taiwan cries foul.
From Global Times:
h t t p://mil.huanqiu.com/world/2011-07/1847761.html
Meanwhile Mullen said U-2 was flying in international airspace and US will continue such activity.
Mr T
Senior Member
The US isn't flying missions over China. As far as I can see the U2s are flying in international airspace.
I should've been more precise -- I thought the US stopped U2 surveillance missions directed towards China years ago. Or did that never stop...?