Taiwan's National Defense Department (Ministry of Defense) released a national defense report every two years. Mentioned that Xi Jinping (Shichinpin) Jintao of China has been pressing for unification to Taiwan in his speech of January, "(China is) not abandoned the option of armed invasion of Taiwan. In the modernization of the military force, the Taiwan Strait I am trying to break the military balance. "
The report shows that in the past two years, Chinese fighter aircraft and the aircraft carrier “Liaoning” have practiced around the main island of Taiwan and off the Pacific Ocean. And the threat to us is increasing. " For the first time, the Chinese army invasion was first addressed offshore by air and missiles and then repelled off the coast.
The Chinese army is about 2 million and the Taiwan army is about 200,000. The Taiwan army has a strategy of “asymmetric warfare” with an emphasis on mainland defense.
The white paper clearly states that the US-Taiwanese relationship is “(Taiwan) is an important US security partner,” and that it will help strengthen the asymmetrical power of 66 F16V fighters that have been purchased from the US. " (Taipei = Hide Nishimoto)
