The Air Balance on the Taiwan Strait

amoy

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Taiwan has a very good industrial base. What prevents it from making its own weapons? What is the status of its own arms manufacturing?
Actually aside from getting 'advanced' weapons to defend itself, the arms import from US has another implication for Taiwan --
by buying from the US Taiwan shows more value as a big customer to the US and also gains the support from lobbyists for Lockheed Martin alike. Also it's a gesture to the US "rest assured we won't get too close to Mainland China'

What the US desires is neither running into direct confrontation with China (in case of Taiwan declaring independence), nor letting Taiwan slide too close to China so that the US can always play 'mediation' . Thus whenever Taiwan gets to one of the extremes (like pro-independence DPP or nationalist KMT) the US comes out signaling stop of slipping further.

After a few more decades when most of the old generations, who think of China as motherland, die out, the reunification appeal may get less and less popular. But no mater who rules China (commie or xxx) none of them will change their stance on 'reunification' or it's simply a 'political suicide'.
 
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Armand2REP

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Those Mirage 2000-5EI are still potent and they're still flying. How on earth did you get the idea that their fleet is rusted? Of those ordered, all 56 are operational
Sure, I guess thats why they are mothballing most of them in the preservation hangars. They can't get the parts, nor do they know how to maintain them which has led for calls of early retirement.

And to give you an example of the threat of the Chinese economic sanction...the Dutch sold Taiwan subamarines in the past and they responded with sanctions. Since then, the Dutch refuse to sell any military equipment to Taiwan and adhere strictly to the "One China Policy"
No one wants used Dutch submarines.

THIS ONE IS FOR YOU ARMAND
This one is for you Koji, Mirage-20005, MICA BVRAAM, Lafayette frigates, Exocet missiles... there is no French policy to not export weapons to Taiwan... duh
 

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Look at the dates of purchase of the Mirages, MICAS, and Lafayette frigates....and then look what was sold after that. Pretty much nothing.
 

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