Haha... Afraid of the People's Liberation Army seizing the island, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities deployed nearly 300 Kestrel rockets in Dongsha and Nansha
Taiwan's "Liberty Times" reported on April 5 that the mainland has been flying around frequently with drones recently. Dongsha Island, plus the People’s Liberation Army’s previous actual landing exercises in the South China Sea, Multiple "Mustang"-class hovercrafts were dispatched to simulate seizing islands, and the security situation in Dongsha and Nansha has heated up. According to the budget unfreezing report submitted by Taiwan's "Ocean Commission" to Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan", in order to strengthen anti-landing and anti-ship wave attack tasks, "sea wave" The Patrol Office has deployed nearly 300 Kestrel rockets in Dongsha and Nansha, and its performance has been verified in live-fire firings carried out in the defense zone every season.
Screenshot of Taiwan's "Liberty Times" report
People's Liberation Army "Mustang" hovercraft (data map). The picture comes from the People's Navy's official Weibo
. According to reports, the Kestrel rocket is developed and produced by Taiwan's "Zhongshan Academy of Sciences" (referred to as "Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences", the highest military scientific research institution on the island). It has a range of more than 400 meters. Currently, In Taiwan, " Marine Corps ", "Military Police Command" and "Coast Patrol Agency" have been equipped and used. The rockets used by Kestrel anti-armor rockets are divided into two types: "attack rockets" and "anti-armor rockets". The launcher can be discarded after use, which meets the needs of battlefield maneuverability and lightness; "Chinese Academy of Sciences" and "anti-armor rockets" On the basis of rockets, we will develop anti-armor rocket systems and anti-armor missiles with better performance and more power.
Taiwan’s “Coast Patrol Agency” Dongsha and Nansha “Command Headquarters” have been equipped with Kestrel rockets. The picture shows Taiwan's "gendarme troops" firing live Kestrel rockets. The picture comes from Taiwan media
, which reported that Taiwan's "Nansha Coast Guard Command" had previously conducted routine live-fire drills in the defense zone from March 23 to 30, and Dongsha was scheduled to conduct a drill on April 25. Live-fire shooting drills have been implemented since 2019. Among them, the "Nansha Command" began to use Kestrel rockets in 2019, while the "Dongsha Command" only transported Kestrel rockets to Dongsha in June 2020. .
The rockets used by the "Kestrel" include "attack rockets" and "anti-armor rockets". The launcher can be discarded after use.
According to the budget unfreezing report submitted by Taiwan's "Ocean Commission" to Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan", the "Coastal Patrol Agency" Dongsha and Nansha "Commands" are currently equipped with Kestrel rockets (including equipment and practice bombs). In part, the total number of Dongsha and Nansha "Command Headquarters" is nearly 300, which has met the equipment quantity of Dongsha and Nansha "Command Headquarters" and can be used for anti-ship wave attack and anti-landing missions during the defensive operations stage.
Taiwan's "IOC" claimed that the supply of Kestrel rockets meets the needs of defense operations, and the use of Kestrels to practice rocket firing training can enable "coast patrol" officers and soldiers to become proficient in rocket operations, improve their shooting hit rate, and improve their counterattacks. Armored strike capabilities are needed to effectively carry out anti-boat attack and anti-landing missions during wartime. It is necessary to prepare Kestrel rocket practice rounds.
Mainland military expert Song Zhongping once told a reporter from the Global Times that the combat capabilities of both Taiwan's "Marine Corps" and "Coast Patrol Agency" are very limited. The Taiwan military's so-called ability to resist landing operations and seize the island, It's just a political show, with no actual combat capabilities at all, and its defensive capabilities are completely vulnerable. Song Zhongping said, "Many of the weapons equipped by the Taiwan military on Dongsha Island are light weapons. These weapons cannot play a big role in island defense operations. The operation to seize the island must be a three-dimensional operation, including seizing air supremacy, carrying out air-ground strikes, and amphibious operations." , relying on these weapons and equipment with limited power and short range Mortars are used to implement island operations, and their combat capabilities are limited. "
PLA armored vehicles equipped with grid armor can effectively defend against Taiwanese Kestrel rockets
Since May last year, Dongsha Island has continued to become the island's focus on mainland military developments. A weathervane. Japan's Kyodo News reported in May last year that after the mainland might conduct a military exercise with the idea of seizing Dongsha Island in August last year, Taiwan's "Marine Corps" subsequently sent troops to garrison in the name of "transfer training." Taiwan's "China Times" said, "Dongsha Island has become a thermometer for the military confrontation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. It is very sensitive to any disturbance."Some Taiwanese media even speculated whether the People's Liberation Army wanted to "take Dongsha." In response, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said: "We are determined and capable of thwarting all provocative acts for Taiwan independence, resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and safeguard the overall interests of the Chinese nation and the fundamental interests of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait."
In addition, according to Taiwan media reports, starting from February 22, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities have held multiple military exercises in the Bashi Strait , the Eastern Offshore Sea, Dongsha Island in the South China Sea, Taiping Island and other places. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, once said that the reasons for the current complex and severe cross-strait relations are well known. The DPP authorities do not want to repent, but instead try to intensify the confrontation. This approach is neither wise nor overestimating their own capabilities.
Source: Global Network
