As we all know, F35 is the leader among fifth-generation fighter aircraft . Although the United States does not hesitate to export, it has strict requirements for procurement targets. Taiwanese media broke the news that since 2002, the Taiwan authorities have expressed their desire to purchase F35 to the United States on many occasions on different occasions, but the United States has always ignored it.
The United States has repeatedly promoted its so-called "rock-solid support and commitment" to Taiwan. Why is it unwilling to sell F35 fighter jets to Taiwan? According to a report by China Review News Agency on July 14, Xiao Tianliu, retired major general of the Taiwan Army and former "Head of the Military Procurement Group in the United States", said in an interview with the media that the United States has a complete risk assessment system for foreign military sales, and low-risk countries and regions , can obtain mainstream arms within a time difference of 3 to 5 years, even keeping pace with the United States, while high-risk countries and regions may have to obtain relatively backward arms within a time difference of 20 to 30 years, and Taiwan is obviously the latter.
Xiao Tianliu said that the U.S. Army War College once put forward a view that in view of the high possibility of cross-strait reunification, any arms sold to Taiwan will have the risk of technology leakage. Therefore, the United States has a cautious attitude towards arms sales to Taiwan, and the arms sold to Taiwan are relatively backward.
In addition, Xiao Tianliu also pointed out that in recent years, the United States has tried to dominate arms sales to Taiwan, threatening to help Taiwan build "asymmetric combat power," but its results have been quite limited.
Regarding the construction of Taiwan's "asymmetric combat power", the earliest news was seen in May. Some media on the island broke the news that the Taiwan authorities had intended to purchase E-2D airborne early warning aircraft, MH-60R "Sea Hawk" anti-submarine helicopters and M109A6 from the United States. The self-propelled artillery failed in the end. Three arms sales plans failed one after another. The reason given by Taiwan's defense chief Qiu Guozheng was that "the price is too high", but this obviously failed to convince the public.
The US media " New York Times " followed up on this matter and claimed that the above three arms sales plans were stopped by the United States. The Biden administration intends to change its arms sales strategy to Taiwan and focus on cultivating the "asymmetric combat power" of the Taiwan military. Therefore, it encourages the Taiwan authorities to acquire weapons "targeted at the People's Liberation Army" rather than conventional weapons. The Biden administration has been considering this matter for a long time and even told domestic arms dealers in advance to ask them to reject arms sales orders from the Taiwan authorities. The U.S. State Department then stepped in to put pressure on the Taiwan authorities to purchase weapons in accordance with U.S. requirements.
Obviously, the United States concluded that the Taiwan military was unable to confront the People's Liberation Army, and then consciously cultivated the so-called "asymmetric combat power" of the Taiwan military in an attempt to use unconventional weapons and more flexible tactics to create tragic war results, thus dragging the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. into the quagmire to achieve the goal of checking and balancing China.
In late June, the United States and the Taiwan authorities held the "Monterey Talks". Arms sales to Taiwan were an important topic at this meeting. It is understood that the United States took the Russia-Ukraine conflict as a reference and asked the Taiwan authorities to learn "lessons" from it, and then compiled a military purchase list including anti-ship missiles , air defense systems , and intelligence collection systems. The overall design intention is the same. The concept of "asymmetric combat power" proposed by the Biden administration is basically the same.
The ulterior motives of the United States have aroused widespread doubts among public opinion on the island. Most military experts have unanimously concluded that given the current strength gap between the two sides, no matter what weapons and equipment are purchased, it will not be enough to allow the Taiwan military to develop asymmetric capabilities. If the Taiwan authorities blindly comply with the arms sales policy of the Biden government, not only will it be unable to improve the security problems on the island, but it will add new weaknesses.
The so-called cultivation of "asymmetric combat power" of the Taiwan military is actually the evil intention of the United States in anticipating a cross-strait war and intending to kidnap soldiers and civilians on the island to be used as "cannon fodder." In addition, the United States attempts to use "asymmetric combat power" as a cover for arms sales to sell obsolete old weapons to the Taiwan authorities, which can also be regarded as a "cost-effective" business.
Cross-Strait reunification is the general trend, and cannot be stopped by tactics such as "asymmetric combat power." Whether it is the Taiwan authorities' delusion of "seeking independence through force" or the United States' conspiracy to "use Taiwan to contain China," they will ultimately be lost to the times. Just grit in the flow.
