Typhoon Morakot News/Photos aid and donation information
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Uh, like what?
Well, the Chinese Mi-26s ARE civilian models and civilian-operated...
But that is relatively immaterial, they are too late to do anything NOW, except perhaps the not-insignificant task of diverting the landslide dams by moving the heavy equipment.
You are right in that there was never any way they'd let the Chinese boys who'd do the most good (PLA engineers and other specialists) go within 50 miles of the island. There might have been some sort of way around it like having them come in as tourists, but it wasn't going to happen soon enough, which is within the first 3 days, to make a difference. By the time any such creative solutions get implemented it'd be all over except the rebuilding.
Anyway, there was only so much airspace available over the disaster areas. command and co-ordination is going to be a tough trick for the RoC's 100+ helicopters and however many civilian ones they can draft and commandeer alone. Add in the awful weather, and it is not clear to me adding more helicopters with possible language and definitely command and control barriers is going to be a super-smart thing. Super-heavy lifters frankly add no capability not already possessed by the RoCA Chinooks until the heavy equipment is required.
The trouble doesn't lie as much in not asking for foreign helicopters sooner or refusing Chinese ones as much as incompetent deployment and use of what the RoCA already have.
I also can't say I altogether approve the military and political reasoning that places such considerations (I accept them as a matter of pragmatism, but acceptance is not approval) over human life, but we'll leave that for later.
Anyway, rant over. I can't do no more but to send my good wishes and some donation to the victims of this typhoon.
You brought it up... Frankly, though I don't think that's at all likely to happen.
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Colonel
I hope I misunderstood this. Does anybody have a problem with this? I mean stopping to welcome the defense minister AND TAKE PHOTOS? I thought there were people to save :nono: 40 min is an enternity for somebody desperately waiting to be saved.
