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| Taiwan to launch homegrown submarine plan with initial T$3 billion budget |
| 2015-09-05 |
| Taiwan has allocated T$3 billion ($92.55 million) over four years, beginning next year, to launch a long-awaited program for the island to build its own diesel-electric submarines. The expected allocation is the first for a plan that has been talked about since the early 2000s, when a deal with the United States for eight diesel-electric submarines got bogged down because of technical and political constraints. The spending was set out in the defense ministry's budget for 2016 and seen by Rooters. The plan come as other navies in the regional expand their submarine fleets in part to create a strategic deterrent against China's growing naval assertiveness in Asian waters. Taiwan has four aging submarines, including two that date to World War Two, although its military is otherwise considered generally modern. Critical to Taiwan's indigenous submarine program is the transfer from the United States or other Western countries of submarine-manufacturing technology. Support from U.S. companies or release of export technology controls would need a nod from the U.S. government. China opposes any form of military technological transfers or weapons sales to Taiwan. The spending plan, which is allotted through to 2019, covers only the contract design phase of what should be a decades-long program. Taiwan lacks submarine design skills, the ministry stated in its budget plan. The defense ministry is planning to spend T$321.7 billion in 2016, accounting for 16.1 percent - the biggest share - of the central government's overall expenditures, budget plans show. The government's 2016 budget was delivered to politicians this week and will be reviewed when parliament begins a new session later this month. The submarine plan has support in parliament, which is expected to approve the overall budget. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 This video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULtzgE9mJD8 |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-09-05 13:58 |
| #2 MOre ... * YAHOO NEWS > THIS IS THE INSANE VIDEO CHINA JUST PUT OUT SHOWING IT ATTACKING THE US. China in its recent parade + in this Vid displayed or depicted both its so-called "Carrier-killer" DF-21D ASBM, as well as its "Guam-Killer" DF-26 [aka "Diego Garcia-Killer"]. As per WORLD MILITARY FORUM, China hopes that its new Missles + follow-on will "motivate/inspire" the US to get out of East Asia-Pacific in favor of fallback frm GUAM-WESTPAC to HAWAII-EASTPAC [+ US West Coast]. NOT TO ARGUE THAT ANTI-US US OWG GLOBALIST POTUS OBAMA + ALIGNED WOULD NEED CONVINCING. * IIRC SAME > CHINESE WARSHIPS LEAVE BERING SEA FOR HOME - WHY WERE THEY THERE? LUCIANNE > CHINESE WARSHIPS CAME WIDIN TWELVE MILES OF AMERICAN [Alsakan] SOIL [12-mile nautical limit]. USN CNO, CoS ADM. Jonathan Greenert. FYI, as per TOPIX, while the Chinese warships were visiting Alaska a Russian Spy Ship has repor been monitoring US/USN East Coast Nuke Sub bases. * PRAVDA > RUSSIAN ALLIANCE WID CHINA WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE FOR JAPAN. OTOH IMO Putin at this time feels more threatened by any Hard Boy-led destabilization of Russia + China's direct military response to same, espec as vee CENTASIA -STANS + RUSSIAN FAR EAST. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-09-05 01:18 |
| #1 AUSTRALIA is repor teling the US that China will likely assume FULL CONTROL OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA once its various island reclamation or improvement projects are completed next year 2017. Put another way, the Bammer has thru the year 2017 to prove to the Philippines the VALUE OR WORTH OF THE US' SECURITY TREATY WID THE PHILIPPINES [+ Other?]. PUTIN HAS THE CRIMEA [Arctic?], IRAN HAS "SYRAQ" [Syria-Iraq includ Lebanon], BUT CHINA ALSO WANTS THE EAST CHINA SEA AGZ JAPAN + TAIWAN, ESPEC VEE JAPAN. Can Caroline Kennedy save the Kennedy Family legacy by preventing a MAJOR CHINA-JAPAN WAR, + BY EXTENS ANY LARGER US-CHINA WAR OVER JAPAN, TAIWAN, + NE ASIA, + WHILE ALSO KEEPING DARTH VLAD = RUSSIA NEUTRAL??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-09-05 00:46 |