Recently, the media revealed that in recent years, in order to increase the bargaining chip of "rejecting reunification with force", the Democratic Progressive Party authorities have built a lot of "anti-bomb forts", claiming to be able to withstand the attacks of Dongfeng missiles of the People's Liberation Army. In addition, media revealed that Taiwan is currently undergoing a mass production plan for Taiwan-made air defense and anti-ship missiles . From this year to the end of 2025, it is preparing to produce thousands of Xionger, Xiongsan and extended-range Xiongsan anti-ship missiles in response to the so-called "threat" of the People's Liberation Army's warships . From the two pieces of news exposed by the media, it is not difficult to see that the DPP authorities are still obsessed with "seeking independence through force." However, their approach can only be described as overestimating their own capabilities, and in the end they can only end up with the tragic end of losing both their wives and soldiers. Why do I say this? Let me analyze it slowly.
First of all, let’s take a look at these so-called “anti-explosion aircraft forts” built by the Taiwan authorities. In fact, this is nothing new, because as early as more than ten years ago, the Taiwan authorities issued a so-called “Air Force Protective Air Force Fortress Preparation Plan”. In accordance with the principle of “one aircraft, one hangar”, a high-anti-explosion coefficient protective hangar will be gradually built to ensure that the Taiwan military’s combat power can be “displayed in wartime.”
The aircraft castles built by the Taiwan Army in the early years
Because these "protective aircraft castles" were designed to counteract the 1,500-pound warhead of the People's Liberation Army's "Dongfeng" system missile, they were expensive to build. It is said that the cost of a single hangar reached nearly NT$100 million. In this way, tens of billions of Taiwan dollars would be needed to truly achieve one aircraft and one hangar. The cost is so huge that Taiwan's defense department, which cannot find financial support, has no choice but to give up. It was not until the independence-seeking DPP authorities came back to power that this large-scale project, which cost people and money, was restarted in 2020. However, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities do not have the financial resources to realize the so-called "one aircraft, one warehouse" at the moment. According to the budget released by Taiwan's defense department, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities have allocated nearly NT$4.4 billion this time, divided into six years, to build nine quadruple hangars, taxiways and ancillary facilities at Taichung Qingquangang Airport.
What is the effectiveness of these "anti-bomb fortresses" that the Democratic Progressive Party spent so much money to build? According to the effects exaggerated by Taiwanese media, these "anti-explosion aircraft forts" have 3,300 pounds of anti-explosion power and can withstand direct attacks from the People's Liberation Army's "Dongfeng-16" short-range missiles. Although the value of 3,300 pounds was calculated by Taiwan's defense department based on the one-ton warhead carried by the Dongfeng 16, Taiwan's defense department did not have the conditions to use a similar live ammunition to test whether the 3,300-pound anti-explosion capability could withstand a precise hit from a Dongfeng 16.
Taiwan's F16 fighter jets are now lagging behind
and Taiwan's defense department has also forgotten that in addition to Dongfeng 16, the People's Liberation Army also has other series of Dongfeng missiles such as Dongfeng 17, especially Dongfeng 17, which is a hypersonic weapon . Moreover, given the distance between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the People's Liberation Army does not seem to need to use the Dongfeng series missiles to attack targets such as hangars. Long-range fires with precision strike capabilities can completely wipe out such military facilities by "scrubbing". In fact, when it comes to wartime, the People's Liberation Army does not need to attack these seemingly solid forts at all. It is enough to paralyze the Taiwan military airport.
As we all know, in the military airport system, in addition to fighter aircraft and aircraft forts, there are also more important communication and command facilities, aprons, runways, oil depots and ammunition depots and other facilities, which are an indispensable part of ensuring the aircraft's combat effectiveness. As long as one of them is damaged, the normal operation of the entire system and the takeoff and landing of the aircraft will be affected. Compared with solid machine forts, these facilities are much less difficult to attack.
The People's Liberation Army Dongfeng 17 hypersonic missile
Some people have calculated that the People's Liberation Army only needs 100 Dongfeng missiles to paralyze the 10 existing military airports in Taiwan. In other words, these "anti-bomb forts" now built by the DPP authorities will eventually become "protection forts" to protect the People's Liberation Army's trophies.No wonder the Hong Kong English-language South China Morning Post has long published an article pouring cold water on the "anti-bomb fort" boasted by the Democratic Progressive Party authorities, saying that "no matter how powerful the Taiwan Air Force hangar is, it is considered to be incomparable with the People's Liberation Army's new ballistic missile ."
Next, let’s take a look at the Taiwan military’s so-called Xiongfeng series of anti-ship missiles “made in Taiwan.” The "Hsiung Feng" series of anti-ship missiles are one of the main sea control weapons currently used by the Taiwan military, and are divided into types I/II/III. The "Hsiung Feng-1" anti-ship missile was developed and produced in 1979 on the basis of Israel's "Gabriel" 2 ship-to-ship missile. It is the first generation anti-ship missile of the Taiwan Navy. However, the missile has unstable performance, low hit accuracy, slow flight speed, poor anti-interference ability, and easy interception. It has been discontinued after a total of about 438 missiles were produced. This time Taiwan will mainly produce the Xiong II, Xiong III and the extended range version of the Xiong III.
Hsiung Feng3
The "Hsiung Feng-2" anti-ship missile is an anti-ship cruise missile developed by Taiwan in the 1980s based on the US military's "Harpoon" anti-ship missile. It is divided into land-launched types, ship-launched types and air-launched types that appeared later. Due to the addition of the core components of the American Harpoon missile, the Xiongfeng-2 is more advanced than the Xiongfeng-1, and is said to have reached the level of anti-ship missiles in Western countries at the same time. It should be said that compared with Xiongfeng 1, Xiongfeng 2 missile has an improved range, faster flight speed, enhanced anti-interference ability, and has beyond visual range combat capabilities, and its strike accuracy has also been significantly improved. However, it still flies at subsonic speed , and is still a low-speed and small air target. It is simply not worth mentioning in front of the PLA destroyers and frigates with regional air defense capabilities.
The most well-known of the Hsiung Feng series anti-ship missiles is the Hsiung Feng-3 anti-ship missile. This anti-ship missile originated from the Chasing the Wind program launched by the Taiwan authorities in 2007, requiring Taiwan's "Zhongshan Academy of Sciences" to develop a new supersonic anti-ship cruise missile with a range of more than 150 kilometers. At the end of October 2012, the Taiwan Navy successfully test-fired an improved "Hsiung Feng"-3 supersonic anti-ship missile from a "Success" class frigate, marking important progress in the plan.
The People's Liberation Army's long-range fire can paralyze Taiwan's military airports
Since 2013, Xiongfeng 3 anti-ship missiles have officially entered the Taiwan military sequence. Although the tactical and technical performance of the Xiongfeng-3 missile is significantly improved compared to the Xiongfeng-2 missile due to the use of a large number of advanced technologies, the incident of the Xiongfeng-3 accidentally shooting a fishing boat in 2016 seems to indicate that its actual combat performance is not as good as the Taiwan authorities boasted. When faced with the world-leading advanced ship equipped by the People's Liberation Army, we can only look at the ship and sigh.
In fact, we There is no need to consider the performance of these anti-ship missiles equipped by the Taiwanese military, because if a war really breaks out, the People's Liberation Army is fully capable of launching a saturation attack beyond the range of these anti-ship missiles, which will wipe out the launch sites and launch platforms of these anti-ship missiles. In short, resisting reunification by force can only be a dream. No matter how the "Taiwan independence" forces indulge themselves, they will not change the historical trend that the motherland will eventually be reunified.
