Taiwan Military

Wonder how the US would react if China decided to supply North Korea with the equivalents of these weapons...

NK already has LR MLRS, artillery & BMs, so these wouldn't make any difference.

Taiwan's New US Weapons Can Reach China
[size=18][size=13]US Spy Plane Flew Directly Over Taiwan[/size]
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They already have nuclear weapons technology too but do you think China could had over a couple of artillery shell sized nuclear warheads and the blueprints and information to mass produce them?

Like the stuff the US is handing over to Taiwan... it doesn't matter as long as China does not invade or attack Taiwan... and it wont matter to South Korea or Japan or the US as long as they don't invade or attack North Korea...

Alleged sale to Taiwan of MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), on November 3, 2020, sent a notice to the US Congress of the possible sale of four General Atomics long-range drones to Taiwan through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. MQ-9B in naval patrol variant (i.e. SeaGuardian).

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4181271.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/19/asia/taiwan-submarine-fleet-analysis-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

Launching ceremony of the Yushan landing helicopter dock for the Taiwanese Navy

Tsavo Lion wrote:

That is a Falun Gong financed and run channel which has connections to Epoch Times. Another Falun Gong financed and run media network.

So why spend all that money on weapons?

ASB News / MILITARYPart alternation mark
@ASBMilitary
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Taiwan says that China can completely paralyze their command of the sea, chain of command & air defence & all other defence electronic systems without even putting boots on the ground; as well as saying China has the ability to fully monitor Taiwan’s every step, military.

Not spotted any comments on the Taiwanese/US angst at the Chinese flights over water near Taiwan with many confusing an ADZ with an ADIZ.

Best part is that much of Taiwan's ADIZ is over China's mainland, no doubt due to it have been laid out in 1946 by the US.

AFP News Agency
@AFP
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China mainland military jets over Taiwan's air defense zone.

#AFPgraphics charts recent mainland Chinese military plane flights over Taiwan's air defence identification zone, according to the island's ministry of defense announcements via twitter

So they are full of it.... that ADIZ includes the airspace over Chinese land... how can such things be taken seriously?

GarryB wrote:So they are full of it.... that ADIZ includes the airspace over Chinese land... how can such things be taken seriously?

Its just an avalanche of PR to keep the idiots in Congress fired up and onside against the evil Chinese. Why you never see the full map in the US MSM.

Connor discusses Washington’s plans to turn Taiwan into a major arms depot, preparing for a war with China the U.S. is provoking. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has announced ramp ups in arms purchases and production, while ruling out contact with Beijing unless the island’s “sovereignty” is respected. Taipei is focusing on producing precision missiles, high-performance naval vessels, and smaller, mobile systems focusing on “comprehensive asymmetric warfare capabilities.”
https://youtu.be/93Ukvx9it5E?t=1218

國防部 Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C.
@MoNDefense
103 PLA aircraft and 9 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+ today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities.

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/us-declares-taiwans-f-16-viper-program-is-ready/

So why spend all that money on weapons?

Taiwan has to spend money on US weapons because the US buys lots of electronic components from Taiwan and they don't like the massive trade imbalance... just the same as a while back the UK imported spices and silk and other things from China but China didn't buy very much from the UK so the UK sold opium to China.

The damage it caused to China was horrific, which is why it is amusing that it has repeated itself now that China produce Fentanyl and exports it to the US for US doctors to prescribe to the American masses to keep them numb and docile.

Taiwan has to spend money on US weapons because the US buys lots of electronic components from Taiwan and they don't like the massive trade imbalance...

the other highly relevant reason: most nations, even the US allies, won't sell arms to Taiwan to avoid angering China.
That's why the Taiwanese had to build their own diesel subs, with some outside help, since the US r not doing it anymore.