Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, but the DPP authorities ignore the welfare of the Taiwanese people, and are willing to be a pawn of external forces for their own selfish interests. They continue to expand foreign military purchases, but not every time they can do so. According to Taiwanese media, Taiwan's security department tried to purchase a batch of advanced sniper rifles from the UK, but when the delivery date was agreed, the winning bidder informed the Taiwanese authorities that the contract could not be fulfilled. The reason was very simple because the British Foreign Ministry refused to issue weapons export licenses.
As we all know, the equipment of the Taiwan military has always been mainly purchased from outside, especially in purchasing American weapons and equipment. However, due to the relevant technical restrictions and the hidden rules of "castration" of weapons, these purchased equipment cannot truly form strong combat power. In fact, most of the weapons purchased by Taiwan from the United States are used to buy second-rate equipment at the highest unit price. For example, the Taiwanese authorities spent $62 billion to purchase only 66 F-16 fighter jets . The 105 F-35 fighter jets sold by the United States to Japan only cost US$23.1 billion. According to this calculation, the Taiwanese authorities used nearly three times the amount of fighter jets purchased was only half of that of Japan, and the performance of the two fighter jets was extremely different.
Of course, the Taiwan authorities are not unaware that they are the "subordinate", but in order to gain the high-profile support of the US side, even the "subordinate" must be brave enough to keep going. However, because the Taiwan authorities have a special liking for foreign weapons purchases, they have also delayed their own weapons research and development on the island. Under the impact of foreign weapons, the island's military-industrial enterprises lack orders. Without orders, funds cannot be maintained. R&D talents are constantly lost, and R&D and production capacity is obviously insufficient. Even ordinary guns need to be purchased from outside. According to Taiwanese media, in the arsenal of the Taiwan security department, M24 sniper rifles, which are over 20 years old, are stored. Since the manufacturer has declared bankruptcy, the accessories for these equipment have not been found.
has been based on this, in 2021, the Taiwan security department planned to spend NT$5 million NT$3 to purchase 2 British-made AX MKⅢ sniper rifles to protect Tsai Ing-wen's safety. This type of gun was launched in February 2020 and is known as the most advanced sniper rifle of British precision companies. Taiwan's security department is also very much looking forward to this advanced sniper rifle. However, the British Precision Company, which has won the bid, told the Taiwan security department that since this procurement contract cannot obtain the export license from the British Foreign Ministry, it can only refuse arms sales to Taiwan, and the Taiwan security department needs to terminate the contract by itself. The British also said that the gun will not be sold for no amount of money, which annoyed the Taiwanese authorities.
Currently, in addition to the old guns used by the Taiwan security department, the weapons and ammunition used by the Taiwan military are also of the antique level. For example, in Taiwan military equipment, the American M1911, commonly known as the "four or five pistol", was launched in 1911. Due to the years of use, the gun wear situation is very serious, resulting in poor shooting results in the army. In 1977, the Taiwanese authorities ordered 500 "Captain B" missiles from the United States. Currently, there are more than 100. Although they have arrived one after another, the missiles and are mostly more than 30 years old, which is older than most of the officers and soldiers of the Taiwan Army, and the bullet body structure is seriously aging. Several Taiwanese Air Force pilots privately complained that due to the old age, the minimum range of the Maverick missile has "shrinked" from the original 18 kilometers to 9 kilometers, and even worse than some ordinary gliding aviation bombs.
A Taiwanese official said that the authorities have encountered unprecedented difficulties in foreign military purchases. The Taiwanese official also told the truth. At present, except for the United States, most Western countries are afraid of mainland China. This is by no means a matter of money, but a matter of principle. Western countries do not want to lose big because they are small, because once they are sanctioned by mainland China, it will be more worth the loss. Therefore, the British side did not even dare to sell sniper rifles to the Taiwan side. Some analysts pointed out that on the Taiwan issue, the only one who dares to "walking" with the mainland is the United States. Even the United States' arms sales to Taiwan have been sanctioned by China many times. Due to concerns that excessive arms sales to Taiwan will cause strong counter-suppression from the mainland, the Biden administration's arms sales to Taiwan have slowed significantly compared with , Trump's period, the number of weapons exports has also been greatly reduced, and the equipment performance is not as good as before.
Objectively speaking, the Taiwanese authorities’ foreign military purchase of weapons and equipment cannot narrow the increasingly widening military gap between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Since most of the weapons purchased by the Taiwan side are retired equipment, to a certain extent, it has become the "garbage recycling center" for second-hand equipment of foreign military troops. Although the DPP authorities are very good at deceiving the people on the island, they are often regarded as "subjugators" in the international community and advanced Western weapons will not be provided to them. Take this purchase of British sniper rifles as an example. Compared with the US-Taiwan arms transaction, it is a trivial matter. But as the saying goes, the UK will not offend China, the world's second largest economy, just because it takes NT$5 million. This shows that adhering to the "one-China principle" has become the mainstream of the international community.
also pointed out that the economic crisis in the UK and the energy crisis in are intensifying, and the strike wave continues to take place. British Prime Minister Trass is like an ant on a hot pan and is facing a serious ruling crisis. Although Tras once held a tough attitude towards China, the British Foreign Office still knows how to get along with big countries and clearly refuses to sell arms to Taiwan. This just shows that the DPP authorities have no way out for "using foreign countries to respect themselves", and "using military power to seek independence" is even more deadlocked!
