China News Service, April 18. According to Ta Kung Pao, the Taiwan authorities have compiled huge budgets every year to purchase the U.S. military. However, Taiwanese media said that the current backlog of undelivered U.S. arms sales to Taiwan has reached 14.2 billion U.S. dollars.
A retired general of the Taiwan Air Force pointed out that because of the frequent upgrading of military weapons, the weapons sold by the United States to Taiwan have not arrived, and are "outdated" and do not meet the actual needs on the battlefield.
The report quoted Hong Kong’s China News Agency as saying that since July 2019, the Taiwan authorities have purchased arms worth about 17 billion US dollars from the United States. Relevant electronic documents show that the backlog of undelivered projects has reached 14.2 billion US dollars, including 66 F-16Cs. /D fighter, components of the Patriot missile air defense system, Stinger air defense missiles, Mk-48 heavy torpedoes, High Mobility Rocket Artillery System (HIMARS), M109A6 self-propelled artillery, MS-110 reconnaissance pod, RGM-84L -4 "Harpoon" Block II missiles, SLAM-ER air-to-surface missiles and more than a dozen armaments.
In a recent political talk show by Taiwan media, retired generals of the Taiwan Air Force believed that military weapons are being introduced very quickly. It took five years and 10 years for the armaments sold by the United States to arrive in Taiwan. They are "outdated" and do not meet actual needs on the battlefield.
Military expert Wang Yunfei said that the United States, as the world's largest arms dealer, has already mastered its ability to make a fortune in war.
The US has sold a large number of weapons to Taiwan. In addition to implementing the plan of "Taiwan to control China", the US also uses the Taiwan authorities as a cash machine to satisfy the interests of US arms dealers.
The U.S. delay in arms sales to Taiwan has also sparked heated discussions on the island. Some Taiwanese netizens pointed out that Taiwan's purchase of arms from the United States is actually like paying "protection fees" to the underworld, and will not have any actual "protection" effect.
Some netizens also believe that the DPP authorities are the ATMs of the United States by using high prices to buy old military equipment that the United States has eliminated.
Wang Yunfei said that Taiwan's more than 14.2 billion US dollars of US military purchases have not yet arrived. In addition to the impact of the new crown epidemic and the lack of a large number of industrial workers in the United States, the United States has not prioritized the supply of military weapons to Taiwan, which is also one of the important reasons. .
Wang Yunfei said that the Taiwan authorities have already paid the deposit for the purchase of weapons from the United States, and they dare not protest if they cannot get the weapons after the money has been paid. Naturally, the United States will not be in a hurry.
Modern weapons, especially information-based equipment, are updated and iteratively fast. If the United States delivers it to Taiwan five years later, the fighter indicators will definitely not be at an advanced level.
Taiwan scholar Li Zhengqi said that the so-called "security commitment" of the United States to Taiwan is nothing but empty promises, and that arms sales to Taiwan reflect the treachery of the US government.
However, the DPP authorities still purchase arms on a large scale despite the decrease in fiscal revenue, completely forgetting the people's livelihood issues.