Taiwan Media: The U.S. military expands its “training” model in Taiwan to help Taiwan’s military learn to use drones

　　China News Service, February 5 (Xinhua) According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", after the implementation of the U.S. "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023", U.S. military advisers will be stationed at the Taiwan Army Amphibious Camp in Kinmen and Penghu from this year, and will be stationed at Taiwan Army from time to time. Special operations camps. In addition, since last year, the US military has begun to assist Taiwan's special operations forces in learning to use the "Black Hornet" micro-unmanned aerial vehicle, and assisting in writing guidelines and lesson plans.

　　The U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 includes plans for the U.S. government to send officials to Taiwan. Accordingly, the "Special Operations Cooperation Group" of the US military stationed in Taiwan expanded its training model. The "Green Berets" troops sent personnel to the Taiwan Army Amphibious Battalion to coordinate with the High Altitude Special Service Squadron for permanent training and became training observers. Instead, no one was sent to the Airborne Training Center (now located at the new site of Dasheng West in Pingtung) and Guguan Special Warfare Training Center, which the US military frequently visited in the past.

　　According to reports, the "Special Operations Cooperation Group" has been stationed in the Taiwan Army's Taoyuan Longtan Special Operations Command camp since last year, and all U.S. special operations personnel in Taiwan are subject to its guidance, support and control. It also manages high-value U.S. temporary operations in Taiwan. equipment or training equipment, such as the "Special Operations Cooperation Group". Since last year, it has actively assisted Taiwan's special operations forces in learning to use the "Black Hornet" micro-drone, and has begun to compile guidelines and lesson plans.

　　It is reported that the PD-100 "Black Hornet" micro drone is developed and manufactured by the Norwegian company Prox Dynamics. It is less than the size of a palm. It is equipped with a camera and can transmit full-motion images and still images. It has a flight time of about 25 minutes and has the highest flight speed. With a length of 18 kilometers, it can be used for frontline reconnaissance and civil defense surveys at post-disaster sites. It is an active equipment of the US military special operations forces.

　　In response to the US-Taiwan collusion, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Wu Qian once said that the Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affairs and does not tolerate any external interference. The United States' development of military ties with China's Taiwan region seriously violates the one-China principle and the relevant provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiqués, seriously damages China's sovereignty and security, seriously undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. We urge the US to step back from the brink and take concrete actions to fulfill its commitment not to support "Taiwan independence".