This is how the United States will arm Taiwan against China
Taiwan is working with the United States to strengthen its asymmetric warfare capabilities. The article by Aurelio Giansiracusa, animator of Ares-Osservatorio Difesa
Significant news in Taipei, increasingly put under pressure by the aggression of Beijing which, by now, publicly speaks of the annexation of the island, arguing that China's territorial integrity cannot be compromised.
DEFENSE EXPENSES INCREASE
Taiwan's defense spending in 2021 is set to grow 10.2% compared to 2020, increasing investment in direct response to increased Chinese military pressure.
The cabinet of President Tsai Ing-wen has proposed a military spending of 453.4 billion new Taiwan dollars (15.42 billion US dollars) for the year starting in January, compared to 411.3 billion new Taiwanese dollars. (US $ 12.09 billion) allocated for this year.
ANTI-SHIP CRUISE MISSILES AND MINES
Taiwan is working with the United States to strengthen its asymmetric warfare capabilities by acquiring cruise missiles and naval mines to deter an invasion by the Chinese military.
Taipei is currently coordinating with Washington to acquire coastal defense cruise missiles that would be designed to complement the Taiwan-built Hsiung Feng missile system. In addition, the Army intends to purchase submarine sea mines to better defend against amphibious landings.
ENHANCEMENT OF CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERWARFARE
The Government of Taiwan intends to strengthen the cybersecurity and cyberwarfare compartment by recruiting civilian talents in the sector, to counteract the increasingly aggressive Chinese cyber activity, in which Beijing has invested strong economic and human resources, building real macro – cyber warfare unit.
Improvement of the reserve, greater use of professionals and improvement of the military career
To respond to the growing Chinese threats, as part of the 2021 spending forecast, the Government of Taiwan intends to put its hand to the reserve, modernizing and strengthening it, so that it can be deployed in the event of serious natural disasters and in case of military need.
In this context, more and more recourse will be made to professional soldiers who will join the conscripts and reservists, also thanks to the improvement of the economic and social treatment to which the Government aims, in order to encourage enlistments.
(Article published on Ares Defense Observatory)
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/ecco-come-gli-stati-uniti-armeranno-taiwan-in-funzione-anti-cina/ on Sun, 16 Aug 2020 05:28:28 +0000.