Taiwan’s largest shipbuilding company, CSBC Corporation held its investor’s conference on December 4, 2020. The image of a new Frigate (FFG) design was featured during the conference. CSBC revealed its plan to become the contractor of the Republic of China (ROC) Navy, Coast Guard and other government organizations.
Naval News
Date: 12 Dec 2020
By: Tso-Juei Hsu
Taiwan’s CSBS Unveils New Frigate Design for ROC Navy
Electrek
Date: Feb. 13th 2020
By: Fred Lambert
Tesla has won a contract with the Taiwanese military police to provide them with a fleet of 20 electric vehicles. And no, we’re not talking about military Cybertrucks.
A lot of fleet operators are starting to see the benefit of converting to electric vehicles, and especially the Model 3, which offers arguably the best balance of range, efficiency, functionalities, and price.
We have seen several taxi companies and police departments starting to add Tesla Model 3 vehicles to their fleet.
Now even military police fleets are getting on board.
The Taiwan Military Police, or the Republic of China Military Police (ROCMP), has bought two Tesla Model 3 vehicles, according to the official Tesla Owners Club of Taiwan:
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Is this just a total waste of money or a powerful weapon to stop China if they invade?
The National Interest
Date: November 23, 2019
By: Michael Peck
The U.S. State Department has approved a Taiwanese request to buy 108 M-1A2T Abrams tanks. The U.S. Congress still has to approve the $2 billion sale, which includes fourteen M88A2 Hercules tank recovery vehicles, and several thousand rounds of 120-millimeter shells of various types.
“The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region,” stated the State Department’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency. China, which considers Taiwan to be a renegade Chinese province, most vehemently disagrees.
But there is a more practical question: of all the weapons that Taiwan would need to defend itself against a Chinese invasion, should main battle tanks be at the top of the list?
First, Taiwan is an island. To forcibly conquer Taiwan, China will have either bombard it into submission with missiles and aircraft, or conduct an amphibious and airborne invasion across the 110-mile-wide Taiwan Strait. If China can land a sizeable force on Taiwan, then it has achieved sufficient air and naval superiority in the face of Taiwanese—and quite possibly U.S.—defenses.
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Sputnik International
Date: 18.11.2019
By: Oleg Burunov
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Beijing has warned the US and Japan not to create obstacles to drills conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)’s Navy.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen Shuang specifically commented on US and Japanese warships shadowing a PLA naval task forces in the Taiwan Strait.
"I want to note that a detachment of Chinese warships conducted regular exercises at the country’s doorstep, and that there is no need to make such noise about it,” Gen said.
At the same time, he said that he would like to emphasise that “these activities of the Chinese side comply with international law and practice.”
“We demand that the relevant sides completely stop any interference in the usual military activities of China,” Gen said when asked to comment on the presence of US and Japanese in the water area, where Chinese naval drills were taking place. [FULL STORY]
As dozens of US and allied warships operate in the Pacific, trailed by a Chinese spy ship, the Trump administration debates selling new F-16s to Taiwan.
Breaking Defense
Date: July 09, 2019
By: Paul McLeary
A US Army M1 Abrams heavy tank unloads from a transport ship.
On Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang demanded the US should “immediately cancel” the deal with Taiwan, which Beijing considers a breakaway province, not an independent country.
The 108 Abrams tanks and 250 Stinger ground-to-air missiles the Trump Administration has approved for sale to Taiwan are purely defensive acquisitions, but Taiwan, ever worried about Chinese desires to bring it back into the fold, has long had its hopes pinned on a more politically fraught deal with Washington: dozens of 4th generation F-16V fighters the Trump administration continues to debate whether to make a deal for.
Shuang added that the proposed deal is a deliberate “crude interference” in Chinese internal affairs that takes aim at Chinese sovereignty. “China urges the US to immediately cancel the planned arms sale and stop military relations with Taipei to avoid damaging Sino-US relations and harming peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” he added. [FULL STORY]
Flight Global
Date: 02 MAY, 2019
By: Greg Waldron
The US Air Force wants to assess sources that can provide spare parts for Taiwan’s fleet of Northrop F-5E fighters.
The Proven Aircraft Office of the Air Force Materiel Command has issued a list of 37 separate F-5 parts required, ranging from windshield panels and fuel tanks to air data computers.
Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer shows that the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) has 56 in-service F-5s, all produced locally by AIDC. These comprise 20 single-seat F-5Es, 31 two-seat F-5Fs, and five RF-5E reconnaissance jets. The average age of the fleet is 36.8 years.
In addition, Taiwan has 142 examples – 123 F-5Es and 19 F-5Fs – listed as stored.
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Radio Taiwan International
Date: 25 January, 2019
By: Jake Chen
Tsai thanks military engineers for disaster relief
President Tsai Ing-wen has thanked a group of military engineers that took part in the disaster relief work after last year’s Hualien earthquake.
The 6.4 earthquake killed 17 and left 285 injured.
While meeting with troops Friday, Tsai said she remembers that soldiers were among the first to arrive to help earthquake victims. Tsai encouraged the troops to keep working hard through the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.
“Your disaster relief work after the Hualien earthquake not only makes me proud, it also shows society that you are an important group. There is no vacation when it comes to defending the nation, and natural disasters are unpredictable. The tasks you face are very challenging but also very important. Even though the Lunar New Year is approaching, some of you are still staying and preparing,” said Tsai. [FULL STORY]
All 3 arms of Taiwan’s military to combine in anti-landing exercise on August 21
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/20
By: Scott Morgan, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Live fire during Han Kuang exercise in 2017. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – All three branches of Taiwan’s armed forces will conduct a joint anti-landing exercise in Pingtung County (屏東縣), southern Taiwan on August 21.
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said the exercise will take place near the Manfeng fishing grounds (東滿豐漁場), north of Kenting National Park, and will simulate an enemy amphibious beach assault.
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The Washington Post
Date: April 13, 2018
By: Associated Press
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, left, boards a Kidd-class destroyer during a navy exercise in the bound of Suao naval station in Yilan County, northeast of Taiwan, Friday, April 13, 2018. Taiwan’s Armed Forces showed their capabilities of defending the Taiwan Strait with warfare involving submarine, surface ships with helicopter and Air Force strikes ahead of another drill conducted by China next week. (Chiang Ying-ying/Associated Press)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen reviewed military drills Friday ahead of planned war games by China amid rising tensions between the rivals.
Tsai went aboard a U.S.-made destroyer in the port of Su’ao as the island’s armed forces simulated breaking a blockade of the self-ruled island.
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, has scheduled live-fire war games in the Taiwan Strait for next Wednesday. That follows Beijing’s heated objections to U.S. moves to strengthen relations with Taiwan’s democratic, independence-leaning government.
Despite a lack of formal ties, Washington is legally bound to respond to threats to Taiwan and is the island’s main supplier of foreign military hardware. [FULL STORY]
The China Post
Date: September 18, 2017
By: The China Post
Taiwan’s military on Monday denied a local media report that it has planned to
(Courtesy of the Military News Agency)
conduct a live-fire surface-to-surface missile exercise.
According to the report, the National Security Council and the Ministry of National Defense have directed the newly formed Air Force Air Defense and Missile Command to conduct a live-fire exercise Tactical Shorebase Missile for Fire Suppression (TSMFS) in the near future in light of the rising tension in the Korean peninsula. TSMFS refers to Taiwan’s indigenous Hsiung Feng IIE surface-to-surface cruise missile system.
The exercise would have been Taiwan’s first live-fire test for the Hsiung Feng IIE since its deployment in 2010, the local media reported. [FULL STORY]
