December 16, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to media reports, “The National Army plans to complete 3 Tuojiang-class ships in 2025, and the President’s PO document has changed to 6 ships 2 years ahead of schedule.” The Naval Command’s explanation today (16) is as follows: The original plan of the army’s “high-efficiency ship follow-up ship” was planned to obtain…
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Taiwan Touts US Arms Sales
November 29, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to media reports that “Taiwan is the largest buyer of U.S. arms sales, this year the Chinese people will pay an average of NT$14,500.” The Ministry of Defense today (29) explained as follows: 1. This year, the U.S. notified the Congress of 7 military sales to Taiwan, including the MK-48 heavy line-guided…
Read MoreUSS Barry Transits Taiwan Strait
November 18, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Ministry of National Defense stated today (21) that the second US destroyer sailed from north to south through the Taiwan Strait and then continued to travel south. The Ministry of National Defense pointed out that during the U.S. ship’s southward journey through the Taiwan Strait, the National Army used joint intelligence, surveillance, and…
Read MoreTaiwan Updates Submarine Program
November 21, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to media reports that “President Tsai blessed the start of national construction of submarines? The two red zone equipment has not yet been approved for export.” The Navy Command clarified today (22) that the media reports were untrue. The description is as follows: 1. The National Defense and Intelligence Committee of the…
Read MoreTaiwan Remains Optimistic on Naval Programs
November 18, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to media reports that “the Navy is optimistic about the start of the fight, the outside world to take the export license to punch the face” B, the Naval Command said today (18) that the contents of the report are completely inconsistent with the facts, as follows: 1. The National Defense and…
Read MoreTaiwan Denies Submarine Force Poor Morale
November 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to media reports of “the morale of the submarine team is depressed,” the Navy Command stated today (1) that the content of the report was purely speculative and inconsistent with facts. The Naval Command further stated that the submarine national construction project has completed the contract for major and minor equipment and…
Read MoreDSCA Approves MQ-9B for Taiwan
November 3, 2020 – The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of four (4) Weapons-Ready MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $600 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of…
Read MoreCCP Uses ASW Aircraft to Harass Taiwan
November 2, 2020 – Amid recent US arms sales to the island of Taiwan, the Chinese Communist Party reportedly sent warplanes to the Taiwan Straits on at least 25 days out of the total of 31 days in October, setting a new record for frequency this year, and leading Chinese mainland military analysts to say on Sunday that the PLA’s…
Read MoreTaiwan Issues Statement on Submarine Construction
November 2, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to media reports that the submarine nation-building was delayed, the director of the Haifa Center resigned, the Naval Command said today (2) that the contents of the report are false and inconsistent with the facts, as follows: The submarine state-building case is currently running smoothly according to the planned schedule, and under…
Read MoreTaiwan Denies Submarine Design Approval Has Been Given
October 27, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to the media report that “the main equipment of the national-built prototype of the submarine has not yet been approved for export,” the Navy Command stated today (27) that the content of the report did not match the facts. The Naval Command stated that the National Defense and Intelligence Committee of the…
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