UNITED24 - Make a charitable donation in support of Ukraine!

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


October 2006 - Taiwan Special Weapons News

  • KMT LAWMAKER: RECENT EVENTS DELAY DEBATE ON ARMS PURCHASE BILL CNA 31 Oct 2006 -- The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) decided to "temporarily delay" legislative debate on a controversial arms procurement bill Tuesday, claiming emotions are running high after provocative remarks were made by a U.S. envoy and government officials in Taiwan, according to an opposition lawmaker.
  • UNPERTURBED BY U.S. WARNINGS, KMT, PFP BLOCK ARMS BILL AGAIN CNA 31 Oct 2006 -- Unperturbed by America's top envoy and a Washington senior official's threat of a "downward spiral" in bilateral relations if the legislature does not approve an arms procurement bill this fall, opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and People First Party (PFP) lawmakers again joined to block the bill from getting on the legislative agenda Tuesday.
  • KMT ONLY SUPPORTS NT$6.3 BILLION ARMS BUDGET: PARTY CHIEF CNA 30 Oct 2006 -- Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou reiterated Monday that the KMT's stance on supporting the passage of a NT$6.3 billion supplementary budget to beef up the country's defense capacity remains unchanged.
  • ARMS PROCUREMENT HINGES ON TAIWAN'S NEEDS, REASONABLE COST: PFP CNA 29 Oct 2006 -- Whether a proposed defense procurement bill passes in the legislature should depend on whether the items fulfil Taiwan's urgent needs and whether the pricetag is reasonable, James Soong, chairman of the opposition People First Party (PFP) said Sunday.
  • U.S. OFFICIAL WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES OF TAIWAN ARMS PROCUREMENT DELAY CNA 28 Oct 2006 -- Taiwan will lose the support of the United States if it continues to delay its arms procurement plan, a senior U.S. official warned Friday.
  • PREMIER APPEALS TO LAWMAKERS FOR EARLY PASSAGE OF ARMS BILL CNA 27 Oct 2006 -- Premier Su Tseng-chang appealed to the legislature again on Friday for an early passage of a bill on the procurement of a major arms package from the United States, saying that five years has already passed since Taiwan placed the order with America.
  • AIT HEAD'S ARMS SALES REMARKS A REITERATION OF U.S. POSITION: OFFICIAL CNA 27 Oct 2006 -- The latest call by an American Institute in Taiwan official urging Taiwan to pass the budget for its arms procurement from the United States is only a reiteration of Washington's long-standing position, a U.S. State Department official said Thursday.
  • TAIPEI MAYORAL ASPIRANT OPPOSES U.S. PRESSURE ON TAIWAN TO BUY ARMS CNA 26 Oct 2006 -- Former opposition People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong, who has quit as party leader to run for Taipei mayor, said Thursday he opposes a purchase of major weapons from the United States but supports a budget to study the feasibility of buying submarines.
  • AIT HEAD CALLS FOR PASSAGE OF ROBUST DEFENSE BUDGET CNA 26 Oct 2006 -- American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Taipei Office Director Stephen Young called Thursday for Taiwan's legislature to pass the defense budget and various arms procurement packages this autumn, in one of the strongest and clearest messages AIT has publicly expressed in years
  • TWO KIDD-CLASS DESTROYERS RETURN TO TAIWAN CNA 25 Oct 2006 -- The last two of the four Kidd-class destroyers procured from the United States returned to Taiwan Wednesday after a 52-day voyage across the Pacific Ocean.
  • TAIWAN STRIVING TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO: MINISTER CNA 23 Oct 2006 -- The government and people of the Republic of China on Taiwan are concerned about the gradual tilting of the status quo across the Taiwan Strait in China's favor, Foreign Affairs Minister James Huang said in a recent interview with Voice of America.
  • 'PAN-BLUE ALLIANCE' URGED TO SCREEN ARMS PURCHASE BUDGET CNA 23 Oct 2006 -- The opposition "pan-blue alliance" should keep its promise by allowing several proposals initiated by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to be screened in the Legislative Yuan, DPP legislative caucus whip Yeh Yi-jin said Monday.
  • MND DENIES REPORTS ON INSTALLATION OF MISSILE BASE ON OUTLYING ISLAND CNA 16 Oct 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) denied reports Monday that it is installing a missile base on an outlying island near China to serve as a launch platform for direct attacks against China.
  • PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES FOR STALLED ARMS PROCUREMENT PLAN CNA 13 Oct 2006 -- President Chen Shui-bian apologized Friday to the U.S. government, Congress and people for Taiwan's delay in passing a bill on procuring three big-ticket weapons that the United States has agreed to sell Taiwan.
  • UPGRADED IDF FIGHTERS COMPLETE TEST FLIGHT CNA 09 Oct 2006 -- An upgraded version of Taiwan's domestically developed Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF) completed test flights Monday at the country's Chingchuankang Air Force Base in central Taichung County.
  • PEOPLE TOLD TO UNITE IN FACE OF POSSIBLE WAR WITH CHINA CNA 08 Oct 2006 -- To unite behind the government would be the best way for Taiwan people to ward off China's possible invasion, a former defense chief of Japan said here Sunday.
  • MND MUM ON IDF MID-LIFE UPGRADE PROJECT CNA 05 Oct 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) declined to comment Thursday on a media report that progress has been made on a mid-life upgrade project for the locally developed indigenous defense fighters (IDF).
  • U.S. EXPECTS PRESIDENT CHEN TO HONOR COMMITMENTS CNA 04 Oct 2006 -- The United States hopes Taiwan's ongoing constitutional reform will comply with President Chen Shui-bian's commitments with regard to maintaining the cross-Taiwan Strait status quo, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
  • DEFENSE MINISTRY TO FOCUS ON UPGRADING JOINT OPERATION CAPACITY CNA 02 Oct 2006 -- The building up of Taiwan's weaponry systems will focus on the upgrading of the overall capacity of the joint operations of the armed forces, Minister of National Defense Lee Jye told the Legislative Yuan Monday.
  • TAIWAN'S PLAN TO BUY F16C/D SUSPENDED BY U.S. PRESIDENT CNA 02 Oct 2006 -- Taiwan's plan to buy 66 F16C/D jet fighters from the United States has been suspended by President George W. Bush, Minister of National Defense Lee Jye said Monday.



NEWSLETTER
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list