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Aero_Wing_32

Aero_Wing_32

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I second that. And having a big military budget doesn t mean you ve recent and fully functional military assets. One nation can have numerous soldiers (big impact on the ministry budget) but pretty bad equipped...

Here s a recent news about the planes that are all under investigation... and that s a bad news.

Taiwan MND says all military aircraft grounded for 3 days :

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Mr T

Mr T

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Unfortunately aircraft do have accidents even if the budgets aren't underfunded. Though to be fair FriedRice a lot of the US budget has gone on the wars - has there been a big increase in maintenance too? I don't know the answer to that. At least all aircraft (apart from search & rescue and patrol) have been grounded for checks.

Perhaps this might put extra pressure on the US to release some new planes to Taiwan. Also I think that (assuming they happen) after the IDF upgrades, Taiwan should get AIDC to do some initial work on a new fighter. If it could get US authorisation for a decent engine and other co-operation it could go ahead. If not then the idea could be shelved without too much money lost.
 
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The Ministry of National Defense yesterday refused to confirm reports that the military had been instructed to manufacture up to 300 cruise missiles. When contacted by the Taipei Times for comment, officials from the ministry’s spokesman’s office would not confirm whether they had received the order, but said that it was their duty to follow government policy. The comments came in response to a report in yesterday’s Chinese-language China Times that quoted an unnamed military source as saying: “President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has given the order for the production of 300 Hsiung Feng 2E cruise missiles.” However, the paper said it was not clear when the missiles would be put into service. The paper said that Hsiung Feng 2E, which was developed by the military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, has a range of around 600km. The missile could be launched on land or at sea, the paper said.
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I have this feeling that the "critical components" are rocket motor & propulsion systems.

This is what happens when you depend on imports and your supplier has a rope tied to your feet.
 
Aero_Wing_32

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Well, in front of modernized Su-33/Su-30Mk2 based aircrafts, I would be worried about a direct confrontation involving taiwanese F-5, IDF or even actual the F-16 fleet... kinda frightening, even for many countries in this area. I guess Taiwan would adapt its military supply plan with a better generation of aircrafts. Rafales or Typhoons instead of aging F-16, for sure. But that s becomining now a more urgent need for the ROCAF.
 
Mr T

Mr T

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kliu0 said:
This ties in with the fact that Chinese companies are buying huge stakes in US companies and that China is lending US money.
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The State Department has been like this for a long time, even before that happened. There's not a lot Taiwan can do other than hope than:

a) this report is exaggerated; or
b) the parts will be sold before Bush leaves office.

I'd really like to see State justify how China having over 1,000 missiles and Taiwan having zero is somehow "balanced".
 
Mr T

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Aero_Wing_32 said:
Well, in front of modernized Su-33/Su-30Mk2 based aircrafts, I would be worried about a direct confrontation involving taiwanese F-5, IDF or even actual the F-16 fleet... kinda frightening, even for many countries in this area. I guess Taiwan would adapt its military supply plan with a better generation of aircrafts. Rafales or Typhoons instead of aging F-16, for sure. But that s becomining now a more urgent need for the ROCAF.
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Taiwan won't get the Typhoon because the partners wouldn't agree on it. The Rafale is still a possibility, but there hasn't been any news on it for some time. The F-16 Block 52 sale hasn't been killed off yet.

The F-5s will be retired in the near future, but upgraded IDFs and the F-16s would be able to engage the PLAAF. Taiwan's problem is whether it will be able to obtain planes that will allow it to cope with the next generation of planes China will look to develop or buy.

As for its neighbours, some at least have made or will soon make significant investments in their own airforces. South Korea has bought the Strike Eagle and will go for the F-35. Japan is likely to order the Typhoon and F-35 - the former should be able to deal with anything China gets for the foreseeable future.
 
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