US congressmen proposed to defend Taiwan's military airfield, Guam immediately took action, and 200 US troops would arrive in Taiwan Province
On May 1 9, Republican Senator Marco M. Rubioti handed over a new law, the content of which calls for strengthening the US military's air force bases in the Indo-Pacific region and clearly stating that the US military needs to defend Taiwan military airfields.
Caption: F-1 6 fighters inside a bunker at Hualien Ground
Picture reading: The Taiwan military is equipped with air-launched Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Senator Rubio believes that if China carries out strikes against the US military, it will certainly use long-range missiles to attack US airports and ports. At the same time, it will also attack the airfields of the Taiwan military, and the US military needs to reduce or block the establishment of this deterrent, not only to protect the US air force bases in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also necessary to defend the airfields of the Taiwan military.
Picture Interpretation: Guam rate reacts first and upgrades the anti-air anti-missile system
The results of the wargaming deduction of the US Strategy and International Research Center show that the US Air Force base will be subjected to devastating blows at the initial stage of the sudden outbreak, so that the fighter plane will not be able to take off. This result has already received the high attention of the Indo-Pacific Command, and in 2023, Guam rate reacted first, and the US military allocated $1.5 billion to upgrade the Guam air defense and anti-missile system. The plan deploys a land-based shield to use Standard 3 and Standard 6 for air and anti-missile defense, and the specific plan is still undecided.
Before that, Guam mainly relied on the THAAD system to carry out anti-missile operations, and could not deal with patrol missiles or manned aircraft. However, the US military's goal of upgrading the air and anti-missile system in Guam is in line with the proposal put forward by Senator Rubio in order to prolong the time when Guam is a key point in the event of an emergency. Incidentally, Rubio's "Stopping the Preemptive Strike by the Opponent" law must be approved by the two houses of the National Assembly, and then signed by Biden can it become law.
Picture Interpretation: The US military's imaginary attack on Guam was hit in batches by unmanned aircraft, patrol missiles, and hypersonic missiles
It is undeniable that the US military is also studying low-cost methods to enhance the air defense and missile capabilities of US air force bases in the Indo-Pacific region. 2023 This is an extremely important year for the Taiwan military, because 2000 US troops will arrive in Taiwan Province this year, and this information was made public in February this year.
At that time, the US Defense Department proposed to send 200 US military personnel to Taiwan Province in the next few months. Moreover, in early April this year, some US military personnel arrived at the Hualien Air Force base of the Taiwan military, which is a huge underground garage-type airfield of the Taiwan military. It can accommodate hundreds of fighters.
Picture reading: Taiwan F-1 6 fighter
The US military personnel arrived at Hualien Airport for two possible purposes: first, to upgrade the technical warfare of the F-1 6 fighter plane for the promotion of Taiwan military pilots; and second, to study and deploy the anti-air anti-missile network at Hualien Airport.
Since Hualien Airport is located on the eastern coast of Taiwan Province, if patrol missiles are used to attack this airfield, it is necessary to fly over the mountain veins in the central part of Taiwan Province, and patrol missiles can be easily intercepted when flying at high altitude. If the Hualien Airport is attacked by skimming the sea along the sea from the east, then its trajectory will be relatively obvious, and the US military and Taiwan military may establish an interception strategy for this characteristic point.
Illustration: Sea-based Standard 3
To sum up, through the actual actions of the US Indo-Pacific Command, and the law proposed by Senator Rubio to "stop the preemptive attack by the opponent," we can judge. The US military intends to strengthen or upgrade the anti-air and anti-missile capability of the Taiwan Air Force base and make some preparations for possible breakthroughs.