Taiwan Military News Thread

[Norfolk]

PErhaps i misunderstood this but I don't believe reunification of prc and taiwan is a pessimistic outcome. The way china is growing, and taiwain is pretty much staying the same, it really is only a matter of how and when the reuinification will happen. In that regard, it would be a pessimistic outcome if such a reuinification happened through war, and an optimistic outcome if it was a peaceful reintegration. Personally, I see more political reforms in China down the road. Eventually, it will become taiwan's interest to reunite with the mainland, albeit probably with some dose of autonomy.

For many reason, I don't think union between China and Taiwan would be a good idea for the foreseeable future.

Any attempt to unify the two militarily would defeat the purpose of union anyway by the means through it was achieved.

 

[Clouded Leopard]

With regards to submarines & other hardware for Taiwan, could Japan transfer some of her own/build them? I don't see any other country besides the US that could/would do it, but it could take longer since the USN no longer operates SSK types, and the yards hadn't build one in decades.

Japan certainly can, but won't. No political will to provoke Beijing by supplying Taiwan with subs or sub tech.

 

[Deleted member 675]

Japan certainly can, but won't. No political will to provoke Beijing by supplying Taiwan with subs or sub tech.

You couldn't be more wrong. As far as I know Japan can't legally export arms to other countries. There has been increased pressure to reduce these controls from inside Japan, but whether Tokyo would like to export weapons to any country or not it can't at the moment.

 

[Gollevainen]

Why there is words like 'Politics' and 'Japan' constatly repeated in Taiwanese military news bulletin board type of thread?

Gollevainen
Super suspector

 

[Vlad Plasmius]

With Taiwan's recent order, the ROCAF will have a total of 338 AMRAAM missiles for its 146 F-16s. You have your 2:1 ratio right there.

So they shouldn't go about buying those 66 new ones unless they purchase at least 132 AMRAAMs. Note, I'm saying at least. They should certainly have more than that.

AMRAAMs aren't the only thing; Taiwan also has upwards of 700 Sparrows and over a thousand Sidewinders. Admittedly these are less modern rounds, but they're still there.

True, but Sparrows have not been proven to be as effective and the Sidewinders are not the latest version. If an F-16 with either comes up against an Su-30MKK or J-10, they're not going to be able to make it with Sparrows and old Sidewinders.

And Taiwan has an overload of Magics and Micas for its Mirage 2000 fighters - something like 600 and 900 total respectively.

I think you got the numbers switched. However, they're for the Mirage-2000. Taiwan's Mirage-2000s are definitely the bigger threat because of those large stockpiles, but that's not going to help Taiwan's F-16s.

 

[Deleted member 675]

So they shouldn't go about buying those 66 new ones unless they purchase at least 132 AMRAAMs.

Part of the F-16 deal reportedly included an extra number of AMRAAMs.

It will also take quite a few years before those new F-16s are delivered. Taiwan needs those jets to replace its F-5s. If might be able to look elsewhere (reportedly the French may export the Rafale due to receiving no export orders as of yet), but it still needs new planes. In the meanwhile, orders for more missiles could be placed.

True, but Sparrows have not been proven to be as effective and the Sidewinders are not the latest version.

I might be wrong, but I think Taiwan has about 400 AIM-9Ms. I know that's not the AIM-9X, but it's still a fairly reliable short-range missile.

However, they're for the Mirage-2000. Taiwan's Mirage-2000s are definitely the bigger threat because of those large stockpiles, but that's not going to help Taiwan's F-16s.

He knows that. I think he was trying to say that it's not as if all of the ROCAF's planes are "short" of advanced missiles.

 

[Deleted member 675]

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The Pentagon has signed off on a proposed $125 million missile sale to Taiwan, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday in a congressional notification announcement.

Boeing Co. (BA) is the main contractor on the proposed deal. It includes 60 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles, along with guidance control kits and other related equipment.

"The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance and economic progress in the region," the U.S. defense agency said.

Taiwan generally requires trade offsets, but so far there are no offset agreements proposed in connection with this proposed sale, the defense agency said. Some countries use offsets to balance trade flows when making a major weapons purchase.

The proposed weapons sale is not yet final. Congress has the power to block such deals, but rarely steps in.

Apparently there are also 50 upgrade kits to bring the AGM-84G up to L-spec.

 

[Clouded Leopard]

Question: How long is the shelf life of an AMRAAM, and is it possible to extend it?

 

[warkuo]

all i knew is that taiwan test a cruise missle able to hit beijing, is that true?

 

[Deleted member 675]

all i knew is that taiwan test a cruise missle able to hit beijing, is that true?

Taiwan has been testing a cruise missile called the HF-IIE, which either has or will be entering production soon. There have been different estimates as to its maximum range, but currently it is not confirmed that it has the range to hit Beijing.

In any case, civilian targets would not be priorities - something like the HF-IIE would be used to attack military ports, radar installations, etc.