In response to the Chinese Communist Party‘s military threat, Taiwan has set the focus on “long-range strike” as one of its military building priorities, and has added a chapter on “Gray Zone Conflict” to the 2021 “Four-Year National Defense Review.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense recently released the “Four-Year National Defense Review” report mentions that the national army develops air-launched missiles and long-range remote attack weapon systems that can significantly increase the range to carry out precise strikes against the enemy, extend the depth of strategic defense operations, and establish a heavy layer of deterrent force. The DPP legislator Chiu Tien-lin 25 in the Legislative Yuan questioned a major highlight of the report “long-range strike”, he asked, in addition to the U.S. military purchase of land-launched or airborne, why the progress of homemade long-range strike effect weapons?
Minister of National Defense Qiu Guozheng confirmed in his reply that “long-range strike” is one of the key items in building the military and acquiring weapons. “Expect long-range, long-range, accurate, and to be mobile, whether the Chinese Academy of Sciences, or our procurement of military, military equipment weapons, we are towards this aspect to do, according to my understanding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences on this research and development have not stopped.”
Chinese Academy of Sciences: homemade long-range strike munitions
Leng Jinxu, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that now the long-range strike warfare, the ammunition type has 1, in addition, the continued promotion of advanced long-range strike scientific research case has 3 cases.
Zhao Tianlin: “equal to the mass production can already have a kind of, that is launched from land or aircraft?”
Leng Jinxu: “Land-based launch.”
Zhao Tianlin: “Can the distance covered be disclosed.”
Leng Jinxu: “Report to the commissioner this is not convenient, this aspect of distance has to be kept secret.”
The four-year national defense review for the first Time added “gray zone conflict”
The first time the “four-year national defense review” added a chapter on “gray zone conflict,” Zhao Tianlin pointed out that the PLA aircraft, ships and vessels have reached an incomprehensible level of attack, often into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone and the sea, but also in order to the U.S. military, the South China Sea for The political declaration has become normalized and constitutes a pattern of gray conflict, and Japan and South Korea are facing similar pressure.
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Scholars: China’s development of long-range strike early, the gap between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is large
The Ministry of Defense think tank, the National Defense Security Research Institute of the Chinese Communist Party political and military researcher Shu Xiaohuang interviewed by Radio Free Asia, pointed out that “the two sides of the Taiwan Strait long-range strike difference a lot, the Chinese Communist Party has been developing for a long time, there are intercontinental, medium-range, short-range missiles, many types of ammunition, the general U.S. Department of Defense that there are 1,400 to 1,600 or so to deal with Taiwan part.”
Shu Hsiao-huang said, with the Chinese Communist Youth League announced on Twitter in 2016, the rocket army combat composition includes about 1,150 near-range ballistic missiles, about 300 medium-range missiles, 200 long-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles, and another about 3,000 cruise missiles of various types. This is the only official announcement of the number of missiles so far.
Shu Hsiao-huang said that Taiwan’s own ground-to-ground missiles may have one or two types, and the range of the Xiong Er E has not been officially announced. In other weapons, the Patriot missile series for the United States sold air defense missiles, Skybow II and III missiles are homemade air defense missiles, but also the burden of ballistic missile defense role, long-range ground missiles have the ability, but its development is not familiar with the outside world, the ability is also not available.
The Trump administration sold Taiwan to enhance the long-range long-range strike weapons
The Trump Administration sold Taiwan eleven weapons last year, several of which have a slightly longer range, about 200 to 300 kilometers, like the Army tactical missile APACMS, and the Harpoon AGM84H extended range missile, which is considered a long-range long-range strike weapon for us.”
Shu Hsiao-huang mentioned that the Chinese Communist Party often threatens neighboring countries with long-range rockets, so it is necessary for Taiwan to develop long-range strike force. However, even with the long-range strike capability, it is necessary to consider what kind of high-value targets to strike, which can deter the Chinese Communist Party from committing crimes against Taiwan. In addition, it is also necessary to strengthen the ability to monitor the situation.
Shu Hsiao-Huang said: “In terms of long-range strikes, the more distant the target, the more difficult it is to hit accurately, how to master the target, strike valuable targets, and to be able to accurately, this front part is very important, generally known as the ‘kill chain’, how to detect, get the target information, identify the target and then strike, this complete ‘kill refining’ must be strengthened. “
To the other side of the enemy for intimidation gray area conflict cracked heart defense
Taiwan military commentator Leyi Qi pointed out in an interview with Radio Free Asia that Taiwan’s military strategy focuses on “defense and defense, heavy deterrence”. What do you mean by “deterrence”? You can hit the other side is called deterrence, is to ‘reject the other side of the enemy’ concept, the other side to intimidate means .”
The United States has sold Taiwan forces in recent years to project farther away, including offensive equipment, such as the main battle platform F16, Hamas, across the Taiwan Strait can hit three hundred kilometers, the first line of front, with long-range strike force, in order to constitute a deterrent to the other side. Just as the Chinese Communist Party can cause a deterrent to Taiwan, he has the East Wind 11, East Wind 15 and other long-range strike precision forces.
Qi Leyi believes that the gray zone war, no smoke and fire, no need to declare war, so that you are unknowingly affected, more serious and urgent than formal combat can see the smoke and fire, including message warfare, fake news, cyber attacks, non-violent military action. Taiwan’s public sector is the world’s most heavily attacked by the Internet, and more than half from mainland China.
Leyi Qi said: “A lot of it is splitting Taiwan society, the gray zone war has been a form of warfare, there is no pre-war preparation, nor in the course of combat, it is sustained, this threat is the greatest! What he affects is the cognition and heart defense of the people of Taiwan, if our cognition and heart defense is broken, the force is strong again is also problematic, in the fragile mind to go to perform armed struggle is very weak.”
Shu Hsiao-Huang believes that the gray zone conflict is in the middle of the spectrum of peace and war, with the Chinese Communist Party disturbing Taiwan, military aircraft hanging bombs, and the Chinese Communist Party allowing marine police ships to fire, these military coercive or paramilitary actions have reached the highest threat level in the classification of the gray zone conflict. Taiwan should work with other countries that are also facing CCP gray zone conflicts, such as Japan, the United States, Australia, and Europe, to examine ways to respond to this emerging conflict, such as adjusting training activities and missions, and considering ways to reduce the cost and burden of air and sea surveillance while still strengthening air and sea defenses.
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