[Global Times Reporter Zhao Juehui] The recently announced US arms sale to Taiwan was revealed by Taiwan media on the 20th to be an "unbelievable" huge "Oolong"-for this "arms purchase case", including the head of Taiwan’s defense department , "Air Force Commander", "High-level Joint Staff" and other high-level officials did not know the "arms purchase case" before the US released the news. It was only through media reports that day.
On the 9th local time, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) stated that the US State Department approved the sale of equipment and technology related to the re-certification of the "Patriot-3" missile to Taiwan. The amount was about 620 million U.S. dollars. Taiwan’s defense and foreign affairs departments immediately announced. thank. However, according to Taiwan’s "United Daily News" on the 20th, this "arms purchase case" had not been approved by the Taiwan authorities' internal arms purchase procedure review mechanism beforehand, including Taiwan’s "Air Force Commander" Xiong Houji, Taiwan’s defense department head Yan Defa, and others. The departments involved, including the "Strategic Planning Department" and "Office of the Undersecretary of Logistics" are also unknown. The high-level Taiwan military only learned of the "arms purchase case" after the media reported that day. "After the U.S. announcement, the top officials of the Ministry of Defense were surprised and had to'swallow it hard'."
According to the report, after the incident, Taiwan’s defense department urgently investigated and found that Taiwan’s “Air Force Air Defense Missile Command” regarded the arms purchase as a “operation maintenance fee” that did not need to be reported, and passed the “intelligence” of the Taiwan defense department responsible for sending the case to the United States. The “Office of the Undersecretary of Staff” delivered to the United States, but the “Office of the Undersecretary of the Intelligence Staff” accidentally initiated the procedure for asking for a price. Without reviewing the internal arms purchase procedures, the case became a stale “Oolong arms purchase case”. In this regard, the Taiwan military is investigating in the direction of "system omissions."
Regarding this "big oolong", Taiwan's defense department admitted on the 20th that the Taiwan Air Force did not follow the procedures and will avoid similar cases from happening again in the future. Taiwan’s defense department also stated that since the case has not yet been completed when the case is notified to Congress by the United States, the Taiwan Air Force will confirm the demand with the United States. After Taiwan’s “Legislative Yuan” has reviewed and agreed to the budget, the offer will be signed.
According to a report on the 20th in Taiwan's China Times Electronic News, the Kuomintang "legislator" Lu Yuling broke the news that day that she asked the relevant departments about the above in the morning, but the units played football with each other, and there was fundamental chaos inside. The Kuomintang "legislator" Ma Wenjun also said that this case is quite outrageous. Even though Taiwan's defense security relies heavily on the United States, arms purchases must be reasonable, fair, and open. Recently, the F-16 fighter "Fengzhan case" and the purchase of submarine torpedoes have increased prices, but the Taiwan authorities have been forced to purchase them. "Does the'Love Three' want us to swallow it?" Ma Wenjun said, never heard of "Patriot- The extended life of the 3" missile requires such a high budget, and the interception effect of the "Patriot-3" missile has been proven to be poor.