Taiwan will acquire a new mobile coastal defense system in the United States

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Taiwan officials have confirmed that the country's Ministry of National Defense is close to a deal to buy a new coastal defense system with Boeing Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles. Taiwan's deputy defense chief Chang Zheping confirmed that Taipei had decided to purchase a US-made Harpoon coastal defense system in a mobile configuration.

Taiwan's deputy defense minister says new missiles should go into the arsenal of the Navy fleet countries in 2023.



The new mobile coastal defense system is designed to monitor the movement of objects in the coastal marine zone, the detection and identification of enemy targets. It is able to withstand threats in territorial waters and suppress enemy aggressive actions. The coastal defense system is equipped with all-weather over-the-horizon anti-ship missiles "Harpoon" made in the USA.

On May 20, the United States Department of Defense announced plans to ship $ 180 million worth of weapons to Taiwan. Such actions in Beijing are traditionally perceived as a gross interference in the internal affairs of China and tirelessly express protests. In this case, the supply of American weapons to Taiwan have been going on for about 70 years.

Just last week, the United States announced the delivery of American torpedoes to the island. In response, the indignant statement of the Ministry of Defense of the PRC followed:

The People's Republic of China expresses strong discontent and resolute protest in this regard.
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    1. +9
      31 May 2020 12: 49
      sharp discontent and strong protest.
      And so all 70 years .....
      1. -5
        31 May 2020 13: 06
        Interesting ... But this missile will not spontaneously launch in the direction of China?
        1. 0
          31 May 2020 16: 03
          These missiles are defensive weapons, not offensive! The Coastal Defense Complex was clearly indicated!
          1. +1
            31 May 2020 20: 07
            Quote: vadim dok
            These missiles are defensive weapons, not offensive! The Coastal Defense Complex was clearly indicated!

            For some reason in the SAR of the Russian Federation for some reason she could apply her
            Coastal Defense Complex
            on ground targets of ISIS, and for some reason the "empirialists" cannot do the same with Fr. Taiwan on the mainland of the PRC? Overtaking in front of your master Klara Zakharovna ...
    2. -8
      31 May 2020 12: 55
      This is so far. The Chinese economy will grow at the same pace and in 10-20 years they will be afraid to supply. And in 20-30 they will already be part of China. And it depends on the president. Obama f-16 was afraid to deliver new
      1. +2
        31 May 2020 13: 08
        China's linear development model will conflict with the global crisis.
      2. +6
        31 May 2020 13: 43
        Such rates China stopped growing last year.
        1. -1
          31 May 2020 15: 47
          Slowing growth in China is associated with a change in the economic model, as the old one has exhausted itself. Moreover, these are qualitative changes. In any case, according to all forecasts, its growth will be much higher than the world average, and much higher than the main economies / neighbors, primarily the USA, the European Union, Japan, and South Korea. And unlike the whole world, China will be practically one country where this year there will be a growth in GDP. In a couple of decades, China will be the same hegemon as the United States is now.
    3. +4
      31 May 2020 13: 05
      It would be more expedient for Taiwan to seek mutually favorable coexistence with the PRC in one state. after 15-20 years of development, the PRC will reach a climax in its military-technical progress. And then neither the Patriots nor the coastal defense system will help. I do not think that there will be a country or a group of countries .. that will fight against the PRC, because of Taiwan. will write off on the inside of the Chinese "showdown"
      1. -2
        31 May 2020 13: 12
        Quote: Atlant-1164
        coexistence in one state.

        Everything will come to this ... One state, one path.
      2. -8
        31 May 2020 14: 57
        "Patriots" and "Harpoons" will not help them in any way. When China needs it, they will take Taiwan without war.
    4. -6
      31 May 2020 13: 07
      In which case, a small victorious war will not work in China. Taiwan is not the Crimea, which the states either missed or were simply afraid to open their mouths.
      1. 0
        31 May 2020 13: 24
        Did the States "Blink" the Russian Crimea?
        belay
        Not, well, everything has its limits, even universal impudence.
    5. 0
      31 May 2020 13: 15
      Acquires protection in the USA.
    6. +5
      31 May 2020 13: 27
      Are they going to fight with China?
    7. -3
      31 May 2020 13: 27
      "Harpoons" are not even "Ball" .... It's just that no one will sell these serious systems to them. It will not be able to protect Taiwan from a Chinese attack by the United States by military force, without the use of nuclear weapons. No harpoons will help. It's just that China needs Taiwan's factories - not ruins in their place. So they will do it using economic methods. And the warlike rhetoric of Taipei is more like a menacing growl ... of a puppy sitting in a cozy nest with his mother ... As soon as mom leaves, the growl turns into a whine!
    8. +1
      31 May 2020 13: 28
      The author somehow cleverly delivers the news. The fact is that 20.05. 2020 Taiwan purchased from the States 10 torpedoes Mk48 mod 6AT for its two relatively modern submarines. This is an export version of the American MK48 mod6 ADCAP. Thus, 1 unit costs 10 Amer lemons! I wonder why RCC sell?
    9. -4
      31 May 2020 13: 52
      It would not hurt us to develop relations with Taiwan either, a good market for our weapons, and support against China will not hurt.
      1. +1
        31 May 2020 14: 36
        Quote: Hydrogen
        It would not hurt us to develop relations with Taiwan either, a good market for our weapons, and support against China will not hurt.

        And to us, is this to whom? Our weapons there - do not sew a sleeve on the cap. But will they support us against the PRC?
        1. -2
          31 May 2020 15: 53
          The USA and NATO are an open and predictable enemy for us (Russia). China is much more dangerous, it is a hidden and mean enemy, cunning. They will smile for decades, but at the most inappropriate moment for us they will stick a knife in the back. Therefore, any enemies of the PRC, their territories and opportunities could help Russia at the right time.
          1. +1
            31 May 2020 16: 41
            Quote: Hydrogen
            .They will smile for decades

            So, in a fight, who do you consider to be a priority candidate for mandulin - the one who is climbing on the rampage or the one who is so far only angering? Note that you did not answer a single question of mine, and this is impolite or a sign of the absence of answer options in essence, which in turn indicates the absence of a clear system in your own thoughts.
            1. -3
              31 May 2020 16: 54
              He would be the first to start with the one who bothers, the fact of the unexpectedness of such an act will slow down the one who is climbing. Well, for good Russia, you should not go into the showdown of the powerful of this world, we are no longer the USSR, big does not mean strong.
              1. +1
                31 May 2020 17: 24
                Quote: Hydrogen
                The first to start with the one who bustles,

                Did you have to fight at all? In such situations, the choice is zero.
                .Well, for good Russia, you should not go into a showdown of the powerful,
                In fact, Russia, thanks to military power, is one of the strengths of this world, albeit with costs. You suggest not to go anywhere? Lock yourself in? You take a look at the map, and she clearly says - it is necessary to maximize your influence, otherwise they will poison like a wolf with two dozen dogs ... do you know what the most sad thing about this persecution? Each dog is vzdit at the wolf to rush, and even vzdut vzdory, but when the wolf is shot, the whole pack rushes and vomits. Do you want this for your homeland? . Strategically, we need peace with China for as long as possible, and Taiwan ... it itself will be Chinese in about thirty years ..
      2. 0
        31 May 2020 18: 21
        Quote: Hydrogen
        It would not hurt us to develop relations with Taiwan either, a good market for our weapons, and support against China will not hurt.


        We are developing relations with Vietnam. In Vietnam, we organized the production of an export X-35 under a contract. Photo by the link below.
        The Vietnamese shipyard Z189 began production of Russian anti-ship missiles "Uran-E" under the designation VCM-01

        https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4037202.html
      3. -1
        1 June 2020 06: 34
        Quote: Hydrogen
        It would not hurt us to develop relations with Taiwan either, a good market for our weapons, and support against China will not hurt.

        Do you even understand the topic before blundering such nonsense? It is in the Taiwanese (and not the PRC's as local propagandists write) the Siberia textbook is shown in Chinese (Taiwanese). Just poorly educated and not knowing Chinese do not understand that Chinese in China is very different from Chinese in Taiwan. Taiwan has territorial claims on almost the whole world, we have no friction with the PRC, they are not hostile to us. Why the hell should Russia cooperate with lackeys of the USA, and even who have greyhound territorial claims against us? Moreover, the bourgeois government even before it fell to Taiwan in every possible way put us sticks in the wheels and spat on us. Remember at least the conflict on the CER — then Mao did not rule.
    10. +2
      31 May 2020 14: 02
      The opinion of the Chinese, in Taiwan, is of least interest. the Chinese need Taiwan factories and technology, and he will never get them.
    11. +1
      31 May 2020 14: 47
      Quote: kit88
      Did the States "Blink" the Russian Crimea?
      belay
      Not, well, everything has its limits, even universal impudence.

      There is no limit to arrogance. And you know it perfectly. As long as you do not knock on the hands, the insolent will become impudent. Sorry for the tautology.
    12. +2
      31 May 2020 15: 36
      If anyone is interested, otherwise there is not a single picture in the article.
    13. 0
      31 May 2020 17: 22
      Can the Chinese put weapons in Minneapolis?
      Well, for the general balance of possibilities ................. laughing laughing lol
      1. 0
        2 June 2020 19: 42
        So the Chinese are already late. Americans have long delivered weapons to Minneapolis. Back in the days of the Wild West.

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