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May 2006 - Taiwan Special Weapons News

  • CHINA UNLIKELY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST TAIWAN: MND CNA 30 May 2006 -- Deterrent is the main purpose of China's military strategy, which means that China is unlikely to use nuclear weapons to attack Taiwan, a senior defense official claimed Tuesday.
  • KMT LAWMAKERS OPPOSED TO SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET FOR ARMS PROCUREMENT CNA 29 May 2006 -- Three lawmakers of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) expressed opposition Sunday to a supplementary budget plan for the planned procurement of a package of arms from the United States and for a plan to build a simple airport on an island in the South China Sea.
  • CHINA'S MILITARY BUILDUP THREATENS CROSS-STRAIT STATUS QUO: REPORT CNA 24 May 2006 -- China's continuing military modernization is shifting the cross-Taiwan Strait balance in Beijing's favor and threatening the status quo across the strait, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • CHINA PURSUING VARIOUS COURSES OF ACTION AGAINST TAIWAN: REPORT CNA 24 May 2006 -- The Chinese military is planning various courses for action to prevent de jure independence for Taiwan, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • CHINA DETERRED FROM MILITARY ACTION AGAINST TAIWAN: REPORT CNA 24 May 2006 -- China is deterred from taking military action against Taiwan because it does not possess the military power to accomplish it with confidence, according to a U.S. Department of Defense report released Tuesday.
  • CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET FOR ARMS PROCUREMENT CNA 24 May 2006 -- The Executive Yuan approved a supplementary budget plan of NT$6.2 billion (US$193.6 million) for the planned procurement of a package of arms from the United States and for a plan to build a simple airport on an island in the South China Sea, Cabinet spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang said Wednesday.
  • MND LIKES TO SEE DEFENSE BUDGET RAISED TO 2.85% OF GDP NEXT YEAR CNA 22 May 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) looks forward to see the nation's defense budget raised to 2.85 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for 2007 from this year's 2.51 percent, military spokesman Wu Chi-fang said Sunday.
  • MND SAID TO SEEK BREAKTHROUGH TO ARMS PACKAGE WITH NEW BUDGET PLAN CNA 21 May 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) has come up with a new proposal to seek a breakthrough to a long-stalled multibillion-dollar arms procurement package, an opposition People First Party (PFP) legislator said Sunday.
  • UNITED STATES ENCOURAGES TAIWAN TO BOOST DEFENSE SPENDING CNA 20 May 2006 -- The U.S. State Department said Friday that it does not take a position on Taiwan's National Security Report, but it encourages Taiwan to boost its defense spending.
  • MILITARY STREAMLINING CONTINUING: NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT CNA 20 May 2006 -- So long as the situation across the Taiwan Strait remains stable, the Republic of China military will continue with its ongoing streamlining plan, which will see the number of troops cut by 100,000 by 2008, according to a National Security Council report published Saturday by the Presidential Office.
  • NSC REPORT FOCUSES ON SECUIRTY THREATS, NEW ENVIRONMENT CNA 19 May 2006 -- Taiwan's first national security report, to be published later this month, focuses on national security threats from home and abroad as well as Taiwan's new security environment and strategies, government officials said Thursday.
  • TAIWAN TO PURCHASE 60 F-16C/D JET FIGHTERS: DEFENSE NEWS CNA 19 May 2006 -- A military delegation from Taiwan is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C. May 25-29 to explore the possibility of procuring 60 F-16C/D fighter planes from the United States, according to a report carried in the latest issue of the Defense News weekly.
  • MND PLANS TO BUY NEW FIGHTER PLANES CNA 18 May 2006 -- The military is planning to purchase a new generation of fighter planes, but the type of the aircraft to be procured has yet to be decided, a Ministry of National Defense (MND) official said Thursday.
  • EXPLOSION AT AMMUNITION DUMP CAUSED BY SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION CNA 15 May 2006 -- The results of an initial examination by the Ministry of National Defense (MND) show that an explosion May 10 at an ammunition dump in Hsichih township, Taipei County, was the result of spontaneous combustion, Minister of National Defense Lee Jye said Monday.
  • TAIWAN SHOULD CONSIDER BUYING UAE MINI SUBS: DEFENSE MINISTER CNA 15 May 2006 -- Taiwan should consider purchasing mini submarines from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to beef up the country's defenses, Minister of National Defense Lee Jye said Monday.
  • OUTDATED AMMO TO BE CLEARED IN SIX MONTHS: DEFENSE MINISTER CNA 15 May 2006 -- The military will finish destroying its supplies of outdated ammunition in six months and will finish disposing its outdated warheads next year to reduce the risk of explosions at storage facilities, Minister of National Defense Lee Jye said Monday.
  • TAIWAN 'STAUNCH DEFENDER' OF CROSS-STRAIT PEACE: PRESIDENT CNA 12 May 2006 -- President Chen Shui-bian said Friday Taiwan is the "staunch protector and defender" of the peaceful status quo in the Taiwan Strait while China is the sole threat to cross-strait peace.
  • MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN 'LAFAYETTE SCANDAL' PROBE CNA 11 May 2006 -- The special panel investigating a snowballing kickback scandal involving Taiwan's Lafayette frigate procurement deal with France in the early 1990s made a major breakthrough Thursday with the detention of a new suspect.
  • Raytheon's Surveillance Radar Program for Taiwan Completes System Design Review Raytheon 10 May 2006 -- Raytheon Company's Surveillance Radar Program (SRP) has successfully completed its system design review (SDR). The two-day intensive technical review took place with the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center, which oversees the contract on behalf of the Taiwan air force, the end-user.
  • 2 DEAD, FIVE INJURED IN DEPOT BLAST CNA 10 May 2006 -- Two soldiers died and five others were injured in a blast and fire at a depot in northern Taipei County, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday.
  • NO COMMENT FROM MND ON UAE MINI-SUBMARINE DEAL CNA 10 May 2006 -- A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) declined to comment Wednesday on a report that the government plans to purchase mini-submarines from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • NO ARMS PURCHASE THROUGH UAE: VICE DEFENSE MINISTER CNA 08 May 2006 -- Vice Minister of Defense Chu Kai-sheng said Monday that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) has not proposed purchasing large amounts of arms through the United Arab Emirates.
  • NO CHANGE IN U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENT PROJECT: OFFICIALS CNA 08 May 2006 -- There is no change in the government's plan to purchase a package of arms from the United States, senior officials reaffirmed Monday.
  • MND DENIES ANY ARMS DEALS, MILITARY TIES WITH UAE CNA 05 May 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) denied Friday that Taiwan has forged military cooperative ties or signed arms deals with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • NO ARMS SALES BETWEEN TAIWAN AND U.A.E.: VICE DEFENSE MINISTER CNA 04 May 2006 -- Vice Minister of National Defense Chu Kai-sheng said Thursday that he has never been to the United Arab Emirates and that there have not been any arms deals between Taiwan and the U.A.E. since he assumed his current post two months ago.
  • WARGAME SHOWS ARMED FORCES' PROGRESS IN JOINT OPERATION ABILITY: MOFA CNA 04 May 2006 -- A recently concluded computer wargame showed that the armed forces have made remarkable progress in their joint operation capability, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Thursday.



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