Tsai Ing-wen wants to expand Taiping Island , trying to build Taiping Island into a "never sunk aircraft carrier ", and wants to hand it over to the US military as a military base?
Taiping Island is a natural island and reef in the South China Sea region of China, with an area of about
Don’t think that Taiping Island is relatively small, but it can provide humans with long-term survival.
is mainly because the island has fresh water well , which can provide people with drinking water.
In addition, Taiping Island basically moves north and south, and it is almost located in the center of Nanhai , and is about the same distance from most islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
This means that it has the special geographical advantage of .
If a strong military force is deployed on the island, if an emergency occurs, the military force on Taiping Island can provide quick support, etc.
and Taiping Island is also the largest natural island controlled by the Taiwan authorities in the South China Sea area. They deployed about
However, the Taiwan puppet troops on Taiping Island are not enough to pose too much threat to the People's Liberation Army at present.
2. Expanding Taiping Island
What are the projects that the Taiwan authorities led by Tsai Ing-wen want to expand Taiping Island this time?
One, Sustained the airport runway on the island.
Currently, Taiping Island has an airport runway less than 1.2 kilometers long.
Tsai authorities want to expand the original runway on Taiping Island to 1.5 kilometers.
Although the runway has been extended by 350 meters, these hundreds of meters are of great significance.
Their purpose is to enable to take off and land at a large number of models of various fighter in the future.
The second is, expands the port on Taiping Island.
Although some ships can be docked at the port on Taiping Island, it is obviously difficult to dock thousands of tons of warships.
Therefore, the Tsai administration wanted to expand its existing dock to make it a deep-water port that can dock thousands or tens of thousands of tons of warships.
Third, strengthens Taiping Island’s defense strength.
They also want to deploy weapons and equipment such as radar station, anti-ship and air defense missile on the island.
Through the expansion project of Taiping Island by the Tsai authorities, we can find that they want to build Taiping Island into a "never sunk aircraft carrier ".
Is the Tsai administration trying to strengthen its strength in the South China Sea?
is likely not.
We can analyze the airport runway and port expanded by the Tsai administration:
One, airport runway.
You should know that the distance between Taiping Island and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan is about
Judging from the various types of fighter jets currently equipped by the Taiwan Air Force, it is probably only the US-made C-130 transport aircraft that can travel between the two places.
The maximum combat radius of the main fighter of Taiwan Air Force F-16V is only 1,200 kilometers.
This means that the expanded airport runway on Taiping Island was not used by the Taiwan puppet army.
The second is, Deep water port.
Currently, Taiwan Navy main surface warships mostly discharged within 4500 tons. The unexpanded port on Taiping Island can basically meet the docking of the Taiwan Navy.
Some people may say that they still have 4 "Keelung"-class missile destroyers with a displacement of about 9,000 tons?
In fact, there is little possibility that the Tsai authorities will send "Keelung" class destroyers to expand the port.
Since the Tsai administration is not trying to expand Taiping Island for the fighter jets and warships of the Taiwan puppet army, who are they trying to expand Taiping Island?
The answer is likely to be the United States.
The most important reason is that The Taiwan authorities led by Tsai Ing-wen are highly dependent on the United States.
In other words, if the Tsai administration wants to realize its idea of "seeking independence", it must rely heavily on the United States.
However, the United States is also the master of not seeing rabbits or eagles.
Although the United States regards China as its opponent, the Tsai administration wants to obtain help from the United States, so if they do not pay benefits, it is obviously difficult for them to get help from the United States.
At present, there are not many benefits that the Tsai administration can take advantage of and the United States can look down on.
However, Taiping Island is exactly one of them.
What is the attraction of Taiping Island to the United States?
Taiping Island can improve a key link in the US global strategy.
Once the United States successfully enters Taiping Island, they will have an important "military base" in the South China Sea and become a nail to curb China's development in the South China Sea.
You should know that on the current voyage from Taiwan Island to Singapore (straight line), the United States does not have an relay station or military base in the South China Sea.
The only thing they can do in the South China Sea area is to sail freely.
However, once the United States enters Taiping Island and treats it as its own military base, it will further highlight its military strength in the South China Sea and gain certain advantages in the future Sino-US South China Sea conflict.
It can be said that will become the key to the United States' containment of China in the South China Sea region.
I have to say that the Tsai administration’s abacus was really loud!
4. How should China deal with it?
China must plan the worst.
If the United States dares to enter Taiping Island, , then China will likely regain by force. After all, the Anti-Secession Law gives the People's Liberation Army the rights it deserves.
Once the Tsai administration invites the United States to settle in Taiping Island, it is undoubtedly splitting China's territory and more seriously threatening China's legitimate rights.
So how does China need to counter this situation?
China makes more artificial islands in the South China Sea to enhance the military strength of the island.
At present, my country has made 8 artificial islands in the South China Sea, among which 3 artificial islands are around Taiping Island, namely Yongshu Island , Zhubi Island and Meiji Island .
They are not only larger than Taiping Island, but also have more complete infrastructure and defense capabilities than it.
Let’s take the airport runway as an example. The airport runways of Yongshu Island, Zhubi Island and Meiji Island are basically around 13 kilometers of , which is much longer than the 1.5 kilometers of runway on Taiping Island.
This means that these three runways can not only meet the take-off and landing of all types of fighter jets in service in the PLA, but also can launch multiple aircraft release operations at one time.
More importantly, the three islands built by the People's Liberation Army in the South China Sea are also located around Taiping Island.
To put it bluntly, is to sandwich Taiping Island in the middle. Anything that has any movement can be used to give it a fatal blow.
In addition, once an emergency occurs, other services in the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army will also quickly support them and jointly fight against enemies that infringe on our country's legitimate rights and interests.
This means that China will tell the United States and Tsai authorities with practical actions that your conspiracy will not succeed.
Therefore, you need to consider whether you can bear the consequences of a local or even comprehensive military conflict.
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