Taiwan defense strategy

Chu Wen-wu

Inserted 1 year ago

“It is true that due to changes in the international situation, there may be a risk of delayed delivery this year of the portable Stinger missiles. The Army will coordinate with the full procurement plan and continue to require the U.S. military to implement it normally in accordance with the contract.”

Reuters

Deputy head of Taiwan's army planning department

03 May 2022 3 4

James Risch

Inserted 2 years ago

“We must accelerate existing foreign military sales to Taiwan so they get there quicker, and we should use security assistance to help Taiwan acquire additional capabilities. We should absolutely spend more to help with Taiwan's defence. I hope you [Antony Blinken] can commit to that during today's hearing.”

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United States Senator from Idaho

26 Apr 2022 5 6

Antony Blinken

Inserted 2 years ago

“The administration is determined to make sure that [Taiwan] has all necessary means to defend itself against any potential aggression, including unilateral action by China, to disrupt the status quo that's been in place now for many decades. We're focused on helping them think about how to strengthen asymmetric capabilities … as a deterrent.”

Scmp

U.S. Secretary of State

26 Apr 2022 5 6

Chieh Chung

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Hsiung Sheng could reach most bases under the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command, including those near Shanghai and the province of Zhejiang. It could greatly boost the national army's capacity to delay or paralyze the communist forces' pace of an invasion of Taiwan, making it hard for them to achieve a rapid war.”

Taipeitimes

Senior national security researcher at the National Policy Foundation (think tank in Taipei)

22 Apr 2022 7 4

Chang Cheng

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan is much easier to defend than invade, and the conditions are very different from Ukraine. It has been assessed that China could launch four amphibious marine landing divisions and two army infantry divisions for a total of about 30,000 troops, at least for the first stage of invasion. However, with Taiwan's domestically developed long-range missiles, together with portable air-defense missile systems, we are certain that we can destroy almost all PLA landing troops.”

Taipeitimes

Former chief engineer of the Hsiung Feng III missile project

06 Mar 2022 9 2

Wei Dongxu

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan's armed forces are planning to arm the island into being a 'porcupine' - these weapons are spines to the island - and apply asymmetric warfare strategies, for example, using long-range supersonic anti-ship missiles and land-attack cruise missiles to threaten the mainland's coastal regions and warships, or using small Tuo Chiang-class corvettes and other patrol vessels to counter the mainland's large warships in maritime guerilla warfare. The Taiwan military wants to use these weapons to resist reunification by force and impede the PLA's amphibious landing forces.”

Globaltimes

Beijing-based military analyst

24 Nov 2021 6 5

Tsai Ing-wen

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have a system that is inherited from China, which is a very different country ... The way you defend a big piece of land is different from the way you protect a small island, so we have to change the traditional thinking about how a military should be structured.”

Cnn

President of Taiwan

26 Oct 2021 2 3

Tsai Ing-wen

Inserted 2 years ago

“But there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure. We will continue to bolster our national defence and demonstrate our determination to defend ourselves in order to ensure that nobody can force Taiwan to take the path China has laid out for us. This is because the path that China has laid out offers neither a free and democratic way of life for Taiwan, nor sovereignty for our 23 million people. The more we achieve, the greater the pressure we face from China. So I want to remind all my fellow citizens that we do not have the privilege of letting down our guard.”

Reuters

President of Taiwan

10 Oct 2021 2 4

Chiu Kuo-cheng

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan needed to be able to let China know they could defend themselves. The development of equipment must be long range, precise, and mobile, so that the enemy can sense that we are prepared as soon as they dispatch their troops... [Answering what China would attack first in the event of a war] On this the Chinese Communists' abilities have rapidly increased. They can disrupt our command, control, communications and intelligence systems, for example with fixed radar stations certainly being attacked first. So we must be mobile, stealthy and able to change positions.”

Reuters

Taiwan's Minister of National Defense

27 Sep 2021 3 4

Enoch Wu

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have about 160,000 folks in uniform facing a military that now claims to be 2 million strong [China military]. They have a signifiant role in the mission, but behind that we need a layered depth of responders who can really make sure that our defences are as strong as possible, so we can prevent military action.”

Theguardian

Taiwanese former banker and special forces soldier and founder of the international non-governmental organization Forward Alliance

22 Sep 2021 3 5

Zhongping Song

Inserted 2 years ago

“With the Chinese mainland in mind, the island of Taiwan has been developing missiles for a while, but its technologies are not sufficient to develop advanced missiles that are meaningful enough to change the military power balance between the mainland and the island. For the armed forces on the island, this will only draw fire onto themselves, because the missiles will very likely become the first targets the PLA [People's Liberation Army] attacks if a conflict breaks out.”

Globaltimes

Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator

22 Aug 2021 3 3

Hu Rui-chou

Inserted 2 years ago

“China is still using gray-zone conflict measures, such as making incursions into Taiwanese airspace, at the same time, China is making preparations for an invasion of Taiwan, such as ramping up production of naval vessels. It's following a set pace. To be prepared for war is the most effective way to preserve the peace.”

Taipeitimes

National Chengchi University professor

26 Jun 2021 1 3

Christopher Maier

Inserted 2 years ago

“I do think that is something [helping Taiwan strengthen its ability to conduct irregular warfare] that we should be considering strongly as we think about competition across the span of different capabilities we can apply, [special operations forces] being a key contributor to that.”

Military

Nominee to be assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict

27 May 2021 2 5

Timothy Heath

Inserted 3 years ago

“If Taiwan can build these submarines - and admittedly that is a big if given the island's complete inexperience in manufacturing advanced submarines - these could be fairly advanced and effective. Taiwan's determination to build submarines and invest in its own defense makes it easier for US officials to politically justify helping an island under attack from China since Taiwan is doing what it can to defend itself. By contrast, a Taiwan that did nothing to improve its self-defense capabilities would make it far harder politically for US officials to justify an intervention. Absent any US intervention it is very probable that China would eventually find a way to suppress most or all of the subs.”

Cnn

Senior international defense researcher at the RAND Corp think tank in Washington

20 Dec 2020 4 6

Carl Schuster

Inserted 3 years ago

“Every (large troop carrier) hit by a torpedo, particularly a modern one like the US Mark 48, removes a battalion of troops from the invasion force. So, no one is going to send those amphibious assault ships into the Strait until they are confident it is clear of submarines.”

Cnn

Former US Navy captain who is now an analyst at Hawaii Pacific University

20 Dec 2020 3 2

Owen Cote

Inserted 3 years ago

“Chinese ASW [anti-submarine warfare] capabilities are weak and the acoustic conditions in these very shallow, noisy waters are very difficult even for advanced ASW capabilities like those deployed by Japan and the US.”

Cnn

Associate director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an expert on submarine warfare

20 Dec 2020 3 3

Tsai Ing-wen

Inserted 3 years ago

“We have the determination and capability to complete the task of building our own ships, letting the world see our defense research and development energy. In the future, we might also become a supply source of related equipment and components in Western democracies, driving the upgrading of the defense industry.”

Taipeitimes

President of Taiwan

15 Dec 2020 1 3

Grant Newsham

Inserted 3 years ago

“The military [of Taiwan] has been whittled down. It is almost as if fighting to defend the country is somebody else’s responsibility.”

Reuters

Retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel who spent most of 2019 in Taiwan evaluating its defense capability in a Taiwan government-funded research project

10 Dec 2020 1 2

Chang Kuo-cheng

Inserted 3 years ago

“It is clear that China will continue to expand its influence; therefore, Taiwan must strengthen its national defense, rather than placing its hope on the US coming to our aid when conflict breaks out. It is to our advantage to collaborate with the US and other countries to bolster our forces and enhance our military capability. Taiwanese must strengthen their minds. China has targeted Taiwan to wage a propaganda war and disinformation campaign to manipulate public opinion, working to sabotage improving Taiwan-US ties, to sow mistrust in society, while touting that China is a big powerful nation. We must keep a close check on this situation while promoting closer ties with the US.”

Taipeitimes

Taipei Medical University professor

03 Dec 2020 3 4

Tsai Ing-wen

Inserted 3 years ago

“This submarine is an important part of allowing our navy to develop asymmetric warfare and to intimidate and block enemy ships from surrounding Taiwan’s main island. With the construction of the submarine to its future commission, we will certainly let the world know our persistence in safeguarding our sovereignty.”

Taipeitimes

President of Taiwan

24 Nov 2020 1 3

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“We have a system that is inherited from China, which is a very different country ... The way you defend a big piece of land is different from the way you protect a small island, so we have to change the traditional thinking about how a military should be structured.”

“I do think that is something [helping Taiwan strengthen its ability to conduct irregular warfare] that we should be considering strongly as we think about competition across the span of different capabilities we can apply, [special operations forces] being a key contributor to that.”

“Every (large troop carrier) hit by a torpedo, particularly a modern one like the US Mark 48, removes a battalion of troops from the invasion force. So, no one is going to send those amphibious assault ships into the Strait until they are confident it is clear of submarines.”

“Chinese ASW [anti-submarine warfare] capabilities are weak and the acoustic conditions in these very shallow, noisy waters are very difficult even for advanced ASW capabilities like those deployed by Japan and the US.”

“The military [of Taiwan] has been whittled down. It is almost as if fighting to defend the country is somebody else’s responsibility.”

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