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The U.S. does not treat Taiwan as an ally<\/p>\nAfter the recent opening of Taiwan\u2018s Legislative Council, the issue of military procurement continues to become a hot topic. After receiving the U.S. proposal, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities urged the opposition party to quickly pass the budget, which was bitterly criticized as \u201cstruggling to give money.\u201d Some island public opinion said bluntly that the U.S. is caught up in the Middle East war and weapons are urgent, so even if Taiwan passes the budget, they won\u2018t be able to get weapons.<\/p>\n
The U.S. does not treat Taiwan as an ally<\/p>\n
According to Taiwan\u2018s China Times News Network on the 10th, Defense Minister Gu Lixiong said on the same day that he had received on the 6th the bid for the U.S.-supplied multiple rocket launcher system, which needs to be signed by March 26th. He hoped that the Legislative Council would authorize the Ministry of Defense to sign it as soon as possible. Gu Lixiong claimed that the Ministry of Defense has already received four of the five items currently included in the special budget for U.S. military purchases. \u201cIf there is any further delay, it will have a great impact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The United States announced eight military sales to Taiwan at the end of 2025, five of which belong to the \u201casymmetric military procurement special budget\u201d compiled by the Taiwanese \u201cDefense Ministry\u201d. The Taiwanese United Press said that the U.S. had previously submitted bids for M109A7 self-propelled artillery, \u201cSpear\u201d and \u201cTao\u201d type anti-tank missiles, which will expire on this month\u2019s 15th. The People\u2019s Party Legislative Council party group has proposed, authorizing the \u201cAdministrative Council\u201d to first sign bids with the U.S. side, the entire case will be second-read, and there will be?? negotiations. The Taiwanese China Times said on the 11th that the \u201cLegislative Council Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee\u201d elected a calling committee that day, and it is expected that the \u201cLegislative Council\u201d will conduct?? negotiations on military procurement on the 13th.<\/p>\n
Over the past few days, the Green Camp has been urging the opposition to carry out the procedures for purchasing U.S. military. Zhuang Ruixiong, the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party\u2018s Legislative Council, said on the 10th that the Middle East, Russian and Ukrainian wars are not over yet, and the weapons schedule and delivery are not like Taiwan taking money and asking the United States to give it quickly, weapons will be handed over at any time. He also claimed that now is the time to test everyone\u2018s loyalty to Taiwan.<\/p>\n
Regarding this, former Guomindang\u2018s \u201cestablishment committee\u201d Wu Xuhai said bluntly on the 11th that the United States did not treat Taiwan as a \u201ctrue ally\u201d, and we do not need to ask for anything from the Americans. \u201cBack then, Taiwan came to the United States to buy airplanes, tanks, and warships, but the United States did not sell good, advanced things; Taiwan developed its own armored vehicles, and the United States immediately sold them, so I have always thought that the United States did not treat Taiwan as a true friend.\u201d Wu Xuhai said, \u201cThe United States does not have a price statement, so it is not necessarily selling to us. What\u2018s the point of creating a budget? It\u2019s just being a fool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buying a \u201ccastrated version\u201d drone?<\/p>\n
The island is also worried that the U.S. will not give weapons even if it takes money. Taiwan\u2018s China Times reported on the 10th that the Taiwanese \u201cDefense Ministry\u201d purchased 4 MQ-9B drones from the U.S. through military sales in 2020. Originally said to ship the drones in 2025, due to delays in the schedule, they were changed to ship them in batches in 2026 and 2027, two years apart. Recently, there have been rumors that the delivery schedule may be further delayed due to Middle East war. In fact, the MQ-9B drone shipments have been delayed multiple times. In addition, former U.S. President Biden promised to provide Taiwan with free military aid for 4 drones of the same model, which was also canceled after Trump came to power.<\/p>\n
On the 10th, Gu Lixiong denied the delay in MQ-9B drone traffic, but the island\u2018s senior media person Chen Huiwen questioned on the 10th, \u201cDidn\u2018t they say that the Taiwan-U.S. relationship is rock-solid? Why does Trump still want to cancel the MQ-9B military aid case? Moreover, isn\u2018t the MQ-9B bought by Taiwan a \u201ccastrated version\u201d that can only scout, not attack?\u201d He said bluntly that the Taiwanese \u201cDefense Ministry\u201d had so quickly denied related reports about the delay in MQ-9B traffic, \u201cfrom which it can be seen that Taiwan\u2018s military procurement operation is actually very unhealthy and abnormal.\u201d Taiwan\u2018s China Times News Network analyzed that in order to achieve the accelerated construction of the so-called \u201cTaiwan Shield\u201d goal declared by Lai Qingde, the outside world predicts that the \u201cPatriot\u201d anti-aircraft missile will become the main force of the second batch of military procurement projects to Taiwan, but after the U.S. and Israel\u2018s military strike against Iran, the \u201cPatriot\u201d was used extensively in the Middle East war to intercept Iranian missile attacks, its consumption speed is extremely fast, its production capacity is limited, and demand is tight, \u201cso the U.S. side should not announce military procurement of the \u2018Patriot\u2019 to Taiwan in the short term, and even if a contract is signed for purchase, the delivery schedule will inevitably be delayed.\u201d The article said that what is more troublesome is that, assuming the Middle East war falls into a long-term war of attrition, the U.S. will run out of ammunition, and the \u201cpatriots\u201d that the Taiwanese have currently gathered will likely be transferred by the U.S. to the Middle East battlefield. Previously, in order to strengthen Ukraine\u2018s air defense capabilities as soon as possible, under U.S. coordination, the Taiwanese will ship newly discharged \u201cEagle\u201d-type missiles to Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Taiwan\u2018s China Times analyzed on the 10th that how long the Middle East war will last is an unknown number, but that the U.S. defense production lines are drawing the alarm is something that can be seen. In the 1.25 trillion yuan new Taiwanese currency defense special budget of the Taiwanese \u201cAdministrative Council\u201d edition, many military sales plans were discussed in the past half year, \u201cnow that the Middle East war has broken out, delivery delays will inevitably affect subsequent Taiwanese military planning.\u201d The article said that Taiwan-U.S. military sales had once delayed delivery of nearly $19 billion in items, previously mainly due to the Russian-Ukraine conflict, but now that the Middle East war has broken out, \u201cit adds additional variables to the military sales plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2018s impossible to snatch the production line from the Pentagon\u201d<\/p>\n
Taiwan\u2018s United Press reported on the 11th that the U.S. is bombarding Iran, the U.S. military has fired more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and their own gunpowder stores are also running low. The White House is urgently mobilizing arms worldwide, even Ukraine has become a \u201cfire brigade,\u201d and the U.S. has accumulated military sales orders from various parties without knowing when they will be delivered. The article said that Lai Qingde\u2018s \u201cTaiwan Shield\u201d is dominated by \u201cpatriots.\u201d Now that the U.S.\u2018s \u201cepic rage\u201d has burned out its inventory dilemma, \u201cno matter how urgent Taiwan is, it is impossible to compete with the Pentagon for production lines. Lai Beiguang is urging Blue and White to pass the budget, first we have to determine what else the U.S. can sell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luo Qingsheng, the executive director of Taiwan\u2018s \u201cInternational Strategic Society\u201d, wrote on the 10th saying that the Democratic Progressive Party authorities are not worried about Taiwan\u2018s natural gas supply being cut off, but are pressing the opposition to pass the military procurement budget as soon as possible. Are they focusing on the wrong things? The article said that it is well known that many U.S. military procurement parties in Taiwan can no longer deliver their goods. This Middle East war caused the U.S., Israel and some Gulf countries to lose many arms stocks, and the priority of Taiwan\u2018s military procurement is not as high as that of the Gulf countries. \u201cEven if the budget is passed, what is the meaning of not getting it? Even if the U.S. presses, Taiwan does not need to rush to pass the military procurement budget.\u201d The article urged the Taiwan authorities to improve bilateral relations and maintain peace with goodwill, which is the correct solution to the bilateral relations problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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