The performance of the United States in the Russo-Ukrainian War made everyone see that Washington was originally a hypocritical paper tiger and did not dare to fight with Russia at all, so its previous commitment to the security of those allies was greatly discounted in an instant, and the most feared of this naturally belonged to the Taiwan authorities.
Previously, they had always been full of self-confidence, believing that the US military would definitely come to the Taiwan Strait, so while hugging Washington's thighs tightly, they frantically provoked the mainland, but in the face of Ukraine's current fate, even the most stubborn "Taiwan independence" elements could not avoid making mistakes at this moment. Therefore, in order to reassure the DPP, Biden hastened to send a delegation to visit Taiwan Island in a vain attempt to appease Tsai Ing-wen. Combined with the previous experience of the United States and Taiwan, these people will run away from home and will certainly not return empty-handed.
Sure enough, within a few days, new movements came out on the island, and the media reported on March 9 that when the US delegation was exposed to visit, it had called on Taiwan's defense department to build a second long-range early warning radar in the southern part of Taiwan as soon as possible. The Taiwan Air Force responded that the existing radar equipment can already grasp the situation around the Taiwan Strait, but it will decide whether to deploy new radars according to specific conditions and operational needs.
It is reported that the Taiwan Air Force once spent more than NT$40 billion to build a similar long-range radar in Hsinchu in the north, which was jointly operated and maintained by Taiwanese and US personnel. It is worth mentioning that the maintenance cost of the radar system is very high, and the initial estimate is that it will cost tens of billions of yuan every 5 years, so the US proposal is unanimously considered by netizens on the island to be a thorough and utter bad idea.
For example, some people have said that one money pit is not enough, and now there is another one, and every year a large amount of maintenance fees are paid by the Taiwan authorities themselves. Some netizens angrily rebuked, spending a lot of money to build a radar, building it but handing it over to the Americans to control, which is equivalent to spending money to watch the door for others, which is completely unjust. It is true that Taiwan Island is very close to the mainland, that is, it is separated by a strait, and this long-range radar cannot be used at all, and it has almost no other role than to provide early warning of missile launches to the United States.
Of course, the Biden administration's outrageous demands are actually hiding another conspiracy. Last year, Tsai Ing-wen personally admitted that there are military personnel in taiwan in the United States, but the number is not as much as the outside world imagines, and later Taiwan media revealed that there are about dozens of people.
However, these people are not combat soldiers, and most of them are consultants or technicians. As mentioned above, the radar station is operated by the US military, and Washington wants to build a new one, in fact, it intends to indirectly increase the number of soldiers in Taiwan in the name of this, but I don't know if the Biden administration has ever thought that their move may have a great impact on cross-strait relations.
As the saying goes, the side of the bed will not allow others to sleep soundly, not to mention the United States, the jackal with fangs on its face, do not forget how Russia and Ukraine fought, if the security of the mainland is seriously threatened, even if there is no direct "seeking independence" on the island, we do not rule out taking decisive measures to use thunderous means to lift the alarm.
Taiwan's retired generals have previously said that the landing of the US military is equivalent to declaring war on the mainland, and if the war occurs in the Taiwan Strait, no matter what the outcome, it will never be good news for the Taiwan authorities and the 23 million people on the island. It is worth mentioning that recently a foreign media reporter asked the Chinese side whether there is a possibility of conflict in the Taiwan Strait, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi pointed out that some US forces, in order to curb the rise of the mainland, have connived at instigating the development of "Taiwan independence" forces and challenged and hollowed out the "one-China principle." This practice will not only push the Taiwan region into a dangerous situation, but will also bring unbearable consequences to the US side.
But no matter how much we say bitterly, the US and Taiwan authorities do not listen, it is meaningless, anyway, the red line is drawn in that place, the choice is also in the hands of the latter, dare to cross the line the mainland will inevitably strike.