According to the Observer Network, the Taiwan military plans to purchase 160 "Jackal" UAVs from British companies, which were originally developed by Turkey, and later acquired by British companies for copyright and export licenses, and the improved "Jackal" UAVs, with a combat radius of up to 130 kilometers, and can fire laser-guided weapons such as laser guidance at air and ground targets.
"Jackal" UAV
Before the deal could be done, however, Ms. Tsai's approval rating plummeted 10.4 percent, losing about 2 million votes. According to the latest polls on the island, more than 60% of the people still oppose Tsai Ing-wen's rule.
It can be seen from this that the Taiwan people have become more and more tolerant of the DPP authorities' performance of "selling Taiwan for independence" and being incompetent in governance, and the DPP authorities are likely to encounter a "systemic crisis of governance" on the island, which will undoubtedly have a very negative impact on Lai Qingde in the next election campaign.
Regarding the preparation of the Taiwan military to establish a drone force, it is mainly divided into two directions, one is to directly purchase from "allies" such as the United Kingdom and the United States, and the other is independent research and development, and this purchase of drones through the UK covers the above two, including direct procurement and installation, as well as technology transfer agreements.
British Prime Minister Sunak
But no matter how the Taiwan military tosses and turns, once the situation in the Taiwan Strait changes, under the condition that the PLA encircles the island and seals it, even if the Taiwan military's UAV can take to the air, it will not pose any threat to the mainland.
Although the "New Defense Report" previously released by the Taiwan military comprehensively expounds how to enhance the combat strength of various branches of the armed forces, there is also a very serious loophole, that is, the Taiwan military's electronic warfare capability is very limited.
To put it simply, once the Taiwan Strait fights, those weapons and equipment controlled by electronic systems will be paralyzed by the PLA at the first time, and they may be accurately attacked before they move. Therefore, the Taiwan military will try to install a small attack UAV swarm, relying on its flexibility and tactics to make a small and broad.
A swarm of drones that took to the skies
From the reality point of view, the battlefield adaptability of UAVs is indeed relatively strong, but in this field, China is an expert, especially in the field of anti-UAV combat systems, some technologies are even more mature than the United States. Therefore, the Taiwan military seems to have a variety of weapons and equipment, and when it comes to real combat, there is actually no one that can be obtained.
In addition to purchasing drones, the DPP authorities also announced that the Taiwan military will build four self-developed submarines in 2027, and Huang Shuguang, who is in charge of the submarine construction plan, also said unashamedly that Taiwanese submarines will be deployed in the eastern seas at that time, with the aim of preventing the PLA from rushing out of the "first island chain."
In fact, the PLA's regular military exercises around Taiwan have fully proved that, let alone the Taiwan military, even the US military cannot prevent the PLA from entering the Pacific Ocean.
Our army once organized military exercises around Taiwan
When it comes to submarines independently developed by the Taiwan military, in essence, they are just a "universal brand" assembly toy with almost no core intellectual property rights, and because the mainland explicitly prohibits the international community from selling submarines and their related technologies to the Taiwan authorities, the key equipment of Taiwanese submarines is actually quite backward.
To put it bluntly, it is a product of crude imitation and rush work, and its original intention is not to "prevent the PLA from rushing out of the first island chain", but to create momentum for the DPP election.
The DPP authorities' boast that "four submarines will be built within five years" this time is obviously aimed at deceiving votes, and even if the Taiwan submarines have actual combat capability, they cannot change the objective reality of the huge military disparity between the two militaries, and they are even more different from the PLA Navy, which is comparable in modernization to the US military.
Tsai Ing-wen
In general, the Taiwan military basically does not have the technology to build ships and machines on its own, and foreign military purchases will not help, but will only escalate the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait and have a negative effect on the economic development of the Taiwan region and the social and people's livelihood.
According to the forecast of Taiwan's "legislature", the annual budget of the Taiwan military has reached a new high, soaring by 34.65% year-on-year; at the same time, the US government is also constantly urging to accelerate arms sales to Taiwan, and the Taiwan military economy is bound to suffer heavy pressure, and a large amount of funds will be used to fill the gap in military spending, which has further aroused the anger of the people on the island.
Ironically, while the United States is trying its best to squeeze out the Taiwan region, it has only collected the "protection money" of the DPP authorities but has not delivered it, constantly delaying the delivery of weapons and equipment, and its intention to "abandon Taiwan" has been clearly exposed; now the people on the island have clearly understood the true face of the DPP's "selling Taiwan" and the United States' "destroying Taiwan," and Lai Qingde's vain attempt to "seek independence" will only accelerate his election defeat.
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