Not long ago, the US State Department approved the largest arms sales order to Taiwan since Biden took office, in this order, in addition to extending the service of the radar system, the most important thing is the sale of a large number of missiles, in this order, the United States will sell a batch of AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles and AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles to the Taiwan authorities, with a total price of 1.1 billion US dollars. However, although the price of this order for arms sales to Taiwan has reached the highest price since Biden took office, both the Taiwan authorities and the US Government understand that relying only on this little bit of firepower will not be able to stop the attack of the Mainland Liberation Army, and once the mainland decides to close taiwan, this bit of firepower may not take more than a few hours to run out.
So why is the United States so happy to sell arms to Taiwan? The reason is simple: the United States wants to turn Taiwan into a "porcupine", as we all know, the whole body of the porcupine is full of thorns, and if you want to do something to it, you will also be hurt; Therefore, in order to avoid the situation of losing both, many natural enemies of porcupines are not willing to fight with porcupines, and they are far away when they encounter them. Although it is impossible for the Taiwan military to defeat the PLA, as long as the Taiwan military's own military strength is strong enough, it can also cause certain losses to the mainland PLA. In this way, even if the mainland recovers Taiwan, it will be seriously injured by its actions against Taiwan Island, and the United States can take advantage of the void at this time to achieve its own goals.
For this batch of military aid, the Indian media believe that this batch of missiles is enough to cause a "fatal" blow to the mainland, first of all, the AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missile, which is the world's first infrared-guided missile, and has a shooting record, not only in the US military a large number of equipment, but also widely exported to other countries and regions, widely praised. The AIM-9X is currently the latest model, equipped with a medium-wave infrared focal plane array (FPA) seeker system, which can be combined with a helmet sight and a joint tactical helmet system in the firing pre-attack seeker, making it have a greater attack range; AIM-9X Block II is the latest version of the current mass production, the US military only launched the first missile in 2019, compared to the previous version, this version of the missile tracker, fuze, data link have been upgraded, especially the data link system, so that this missile even beyond its own visual range can still fight with the enemy. The reason why the US military gave this missile to the Taiwan authorities is also very simple: It is to deal with the mainland's air force, and when the mainland sends fighters to come to Taiwan Island, the Taiwan military can dispatch its own F-16V fighters to launch this air-to-air missile to shoot down the opposing fighters.
The other AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II is an anti-ship missile, the most important anti-ship missile actively operated by the US military, with a maximum search distance of 40 kilometers for modern destroyers at launch, which can be searched within 45 degrees of flight direction; The Block II, on the other hand, adds new navigation devices that provide coastal, harbor, and land-based attack capabilities, while also greatly increasing in accuracy, with a range of 152 kilometers. For this missile station authorities are also the most important to see, because the mainland's current naval strength is really too strong, although the air force strength is not weak, but after all, across a sea, the mainland's fighters want to come in large quantities, it is still a bit difficult without aerial refueling; Therefore, the Taiwan authorities feel that if the Mainland People's Liberation Army wants to act, it must rely on the Navy as the main force, so it needs a large number of anti-ship missiles to destroy the mainland warships.
So can the Taiwan authorities with these missiles really become a "porcupine" and make the PLA not want to shoot? If these missiles are in the hands of the US military, they can indeed bring a lot of losses to our military, because the US military is a systematic operation, and in addition to using this missile, it will also use other equipment to assist it; However, it is a little difficult for the Taiwan authorities to rely solely on these missiles to deal with the PLA. Speaking of Harpoon missiles, the speed of this missile is only Mach 0.85, judging by the fire interception network of our warships, it can be completely stopped; and the Sidewinder missile is aimed by the infrared seeker, but our army has the J-20 stealth fighter, and the infrared characteristics of the fighter that have been treated stealthily have been greatly reduced, and the J-20 has shown extraordinary mobility at the previous air show, and it is completely possible to rely on tactical maneuvering to shake off the missile.
And the most important point is this: Our army has never fought unprepared battles, so how can it be possible to send out fighters and warships when we start to do so? At the very least, we must first use long-range firepower to destroy all the weapons and equipment that are a threat to our army, and destroy those military bases as well, so what will the Taiwan army, which has no strength to fight against the People's Liberation Army, will take?
For the United States, he does not really want to "protect Taiwan," but uses the guise of "protecting Taiwan" to weaken the mainland's strength, so that the mainland will never pose a threat to the United States, so that Taiwan will only be given some powerful weapons. As for those big killers, it was impossible to give them, after all, they also knew that if they really gave them, the first unlucky person would be themselves.