Taiwan’s Military Is a Hollow Shell

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[Hypocrite-The]

 

[syed putra]

Its not a hollow shell now, but will be one in the near future. The weapons are all there. They buy more and more every year and already have a large stockpile. But the military age reservist is dwindling in size as the population ages. Soon, they will not have enough manpower to crew all the weapon systems and that is when it will be a hollow shell. Currently, its more a wayang force then anything. Do all the training and exercises but in the end, don't know if they are applicable in a conflict.

Taiwan cAn outsource fighting to the orang asli who have clans all over south east asia.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Taiwan investigating China dinghy defector claim
Defections from China to Taiwan are rare, and the Taiwan Strait is one of the world's most heavily policed waterways. (File photo: AFP/Sam Yeh)
03 May 2021 04:15PM
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TAIPEI: Taiwan's defence minister on Monday (May 3) said that authorities were investigating whether a man from mainland China had managed to cross the Taiwan Strait in a rubber dinghy in a bid to seek political sanctuary.
On Saturday, police said that a man surnamed Zhou had been detained in Taichung city's harbour after locals spotted him near a dyke and said he was behaving suspiciously.
Police said the man told them he had travelled from Fujian on China's south-eastern coast in a rubber dinghy fitted with an outboard motor and 90 litres of fuel.
The man said he wanted to move to Taiwan to seek "freedom and democracy", police said.
Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said "shortcomings" in how the Taiwan Strait is policed were being investigated because of the man's journey.
"We will get in touch with the coastguard, we will notify each other when there is a situation, to find out the reasons and make improvements," Chiu told reporters on Monday.
Navy and coastguard vessels from both sides keep a close eye on the 180km strait.
While there have been historical defections between the two sides - and some Chinese nationals have flown to Taiwan to ask for sanctuary - journeys across the length of the strait are rare, especially given that Taipei controls a few islands that are just a few kilometres off China's coastline and much closer.
Weather in the strait is also notoriously unpredictable, and seeking sanctuary in Taiwan is a risky tactic.
The island does not recognise the concept of asylum, partly because it fears infiltration by Chinese agents and also because it wants to discourage any influx during times of crises.
Illegal immigrants from China have been returned, but Taipei does sometimes turn a blind eye to dissidents.
Over the years, some Chinese refugees have been quietly granted permission to stay, while Taiwan has also welcomed Hong Kongers trying to escape Beijing's crackdown in the restless financial hub.
Source: AFP/kg

 

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Taiwan investigating China dinghy defector claim
Defections from China to Taiwan are rare, and the Taiwan Strait is one of the world's most heavily policed waterways. (File photo: AFP/Sam Yeh)
03 May 2021 04:15PM
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TAIPEI: Taiwan's defence minister on Monday (May 3) said that authorities were investigating whether a man from mainland China had managed to cross the Taiwan Strait in a rubber dinghy in a bid to seek political sanctuary.
On Saturday, police said that a man surnamed Zhou had been detained in Taichung city's harbour after locals spotted him near a dyke and said he was behaving suspiciously.
Police said the man told them he had travelled from Fujian on China's south-eastern coast in a rubber dinghy fitted with an outboard motor and 90 litres of fuel.
The man said he wanted to move to Taiwan to seek "freedom and democracy", police said.
Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said "shortcomings" in how the Taiwan Strait is policed were being investigated because of the man's journey.
"We will get in touch with the coastguard, we will notify each other when there is a situation, to find out the reasons and make improvements," Chiu told reporters on Monday.
Navy and coastguard vessels from both sides keep a close eye on the 180km strait.
While there have been historical defections between the two sides - and some Chinese nationals have flown to Taiwan to ask for sanctuary - journeys across the length of the strait are rare, especially given that Taipei controls a few islands that are just a few kilometres off China's coastline and much closer.
Weather in the strait is also notoriously unpredictable, and seeking sanctuary in Taiwan is a risky tactic.
The island does not recognise the concept of asylum, partly because it fears infiltration by Chinese agents and also because it wants to discourage any influx during times of crises.
Illegal immigrants from China have been returned, but Taipei does sometimes turn a blind eye to dissidents.
Over the years, some Chinese refugees have been quietly granted permission to stay, while Taiwan has also welcomed Hong Kongers trying to escape Beijing's crackdown in the restless financial hub.
Source: AFP/kg

The singapore mission in Taiwan should reach out this guy and offer him a Sinkie shitizenship and a job as Admiral of the RSN. He exhibits far more guts and seafaring skills then the entire cohort of SAF scholar admirals.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

The singapore mission in Taiwan should reach out this guy and offer him a Sinkie shitizenship and a job as Admiral of the RSN. He exhibits far more guts and seafaring skills then the entire cohort of SAF scholar admirals.

It just shows how use less the fuckeins Islands military is

 

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It just shows how use less the fuckeins Islands military is

the taiwanese military is not geared to stop one guy in a small dinghy, who can do nothing on his own. that must be obvious even to you. its designed to stop a PLN armada.

 

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the taiwanese military is not geared to stop one guy in a small dinghy, who can do nothing on his own. that must be obvious even to you. its designed to stop a PLN armada.

Tat would be a good way to insert spies n saboteurs into fuckeins island. 1 rubber dinghy can sneak through...wat more an armada?

 

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Washington weighs risk of defending Taiwan against China
The US cruiser USS Antietam as it pulls in to port at the Republic of Korea naval base in Jeju, South Korea on Oct 12, 2018, after crossing the Taiwan Strait. (Photo: AFP/William Carlisle)
06 May 2021 04:31AM
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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is expected to announce his strategy toward China soon, and calls are growing for him to make a clear public commitment to defend Taiwan militarily in the event of Chinese aggression.
China considers Taiwan, which has a population of 23 million, to be a rebel province that will one day return to the mainland's fold, by force if necessary.
The United States, which has diplomatically recognised Beijing since 1979, has maintained relations with Taipei and remains its most important military ally.
A US law requires Washington to help the island defend itself in the event of a conflict, but the United States has pursued a policy of "strategic ambiguity" for decades, refraining from clearly stating what circumstances would lead it to intervene militarily on Taiwan's behalf.
The aim is two-fold: to avoid provoking Beijing, which might see this as a pretext for adopting a more aggressive policy towards Taiwan, but also to curb any desire on the part of the Taiwanese government to formally declare independence, which would set off a powder keg.
This ambiguity has allowed the United States to maintain a certain stability in the region. But in the face of China's growing aggressiveness, some experts, such as the influential Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass, believe that "the time has come for the United States to introduce a policy of strategic clarity".
Biden should "(make) explicit that the United States would respond to any Chinese use of force against Taiwan," Haass said in an essay published by Foreign Relations magazine in September.
"Ambiguity signals to Beijing that there are questions over America's commitment to the region, exasperated by four years of an America-first mantra that shrunk US leadership in the world," Michele Lowe, a former US Navy officer and current fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, said recently.
"Clarity provides the opposite."
'DEEPLY DESTABILISING'

 

[apophylliso]

Tziwan should aim to afflict maximum damage by bombing the three gorges dam.

pardon me.i dun agree.

if Taiwan ROC gov order a bombing of the 3 gorges dam...

once the dam damage...the water will rush out and...
it will kill alot of innocent chinese cilvilans.

instead of achieving serious damage on the ccp military....taiwan roc gov will only create extreme hate within the chinese cilvilian .

and it will only benefit the communist party...

taiwan roc gov will only make china civilians...soldiers more angry and determined to fight the taiwanese like a angry monster.

dun do that.

 

[apophylliso]

the only way to fight ccp is by sending signal to the international community that roc is the defenders n ccp is the invader.

do not engage main strength against ccp invading force.

save the main strength for a combined counter attack once international aids ...union forces came for taiwan help.