[新聞] 台灣的F-35訂單挑戰川習關係消失

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Bloomberg https://goo.gl/oHpt1F Taiwan's Pursuit of F-35s Tests Trump's Early Rapport With Xi Taiwan’s push to include F-35 fighter jets in its first arms deal with President Donald Trump could pose the next challenge to the diplomatic detente between the new U.S. leader and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. 台灣推動川普任內第一次的軍購案包含採購F-35戰鬥機，挑戰美中關係。 Taiwan, which has for decades relied on U.S. security aid to deter any attack by China, plans to add the Lockheed Martin Corp. aircraft to a weapons purchase list due to be submitted as soon as July. At the same time, the island intends to drop a longstanding request for more advanced F-16s to replace its aging fleet that the U.S. hasn’t approved, according to Wang Ting-yu, head of the Taiwanese legislature’s Foreign and National Defense Committee. 台灣數十年來依賴美國的防衛支援以嚇阻來自中國的任何攻擊，其預計在七月提交軍購訂單，其中包含洛克希爾馬汀公司的戰機與武器，與此同時，台灣預計放棄等待許久但美國未批准的F-16戰鬥機群。立法院國防委員會立法委員王定宇表示。 “We hope we can get F-35s,” Wang told Bloomberg News. “We have been waiting for updated F-16s for too long. Their time has gone. If we buy them now, in 10 years time they’ll be no use.” 我們希望可以取得F-35，我們等待F-16升級等太久，F-16的時代已經過去，我們要是買了，十年內就沒用惹。 Taiwan’s pursuit of one of the world’s most advanced fighter jets would pit Trump’s goal of boosting exports against his effort to foster cooperation with Xi since their first meeting earlier this month. U.S. arms sales to Taiwan have been a persistent irritant to China, which views the island as its territory and reserves the right to attack should Taipei move to formalize its de facto independence. 台灣購買世界最先進的戰鬥機將會讓川普陷於兩難-促進出口或是衝擊本月才見面的川習關係，美國長年以來的對台軍售都讓中國很不開心，中國把台灣當成他的領土，且保留當台灣改變現況走向獨立時攻擊的權力。 Su Hao, an international relations professor at China Foreign Affairs University, which is affiliated with the country’s foreign ministry, said any F-35 sale would represent a “very problematic” upgrade to Taiwan’s military relationship with the U.S. He predicted that Trump was more likely to use it as a bargaining chip than approve it. Su Hao（某個中國教授）表示F-35的軍售將會是台美軍事關係的大問題，他估計川普可能會把這件事當成籌碼而不直接批准。 “An actual sale would cause a serious setback in bilateral ties, which are just returning to a normal track after the summit in Florida,” Su said. “It would become a huge challenge for both leaders to handle were the sale to take place. Beijing would oppose it without reservation.” 實際軍售將會對中美關係造成衝擊，北京會毫不保留的反對。 Taiwan often doesn’t get everything it asks for, particularly when the weaponry would anger China. No U.S. president has agreed to sell advanced fighter jets to Taiwan since George H.W. Bush in 1992. China suspended military talks with the U.S. in 2010 after President Barack Obama’s administration announced a $6.4 billion arms sale -- and that deal that didn’ t include the new F-16s Taiwan wanted. 台灣不常拿到清單上的所有東西，特別是會激怒中國的武器，1992年布希政府以後沒有再批准售台先進戰鬥機，中國在2010年歐巴馬政府批准對台軍售後停止對美國的軍事對話。這個軍售案甚至不包含台灣需要的F-16戰鬥機。 Trump-Tsai Call Obama eventually agreed in 2011 to upgrade Taiwan’s existing fleet of about 140 F-16s. Tensions have only increased since then, with last year’s election of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen -- the leader of a pro-independence party -- and Trump’s decision to flout decades of U.S. diplomatic policy and speak with her by phone in December. A U.S. State Department official who asked not to be identified said that defense sales under the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 were based on an assessment of Taiwan’s defense needs. The agency doesn’t comment on proposed defense sales until Congress has been notified, the official said. Taiwan wants the F-35B variant of the stealth warplane, which was designed for the U.S. Marines and can takeoff from short surfaces and land vertically. The fighter jet, which has also been ordered by Italy and the U.K., could help Taiwan maintain air defense should any Chinese missile attack destroy its runways. “We will submit our request to the U.S. to purchase jets in July,” said Wang, who’s a member of Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party. “We hope the U.S. understands our needs. Our fighter jets really are too old.” Besides diplomatic considerations, there are questions about whether Taiwan could afford the F-35 or whether the warplane would provide the most effective defense. A price tag of about $100 million each would quickly drain the $2.2 billion Taiwan has set aside for hardware purchases this year. 每架1億美金的價格很快就會燒光台灣22億美金的硬體採購預算。 Rand Corporation report published last year highlighted China’s growing aerial advantage and recommended that Taiwan downsized its fighter fleet in favor of stronger surface-to-air missile defenses. Retired Major General Xu Guangyu, a senior researcher at the Beijing-based China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, said acquiring enough F-35s would take Taiwan too long to make a difference. By that time, China’s own next-generation fighters -- the J-20 and J-31 -- should be in widespread use, Xu said. “It suits Taiwan’s geography and it would also please the Americans, because that’s their main export fighter jet,” he said. “It’d be too late to tip the balance.” 5.備註: 好煩喔不想翻了，大概就是這樣。自己國家要提昇國防一堆人在酸，完全不懂這種心態到底是想要國家變成怎樣。不過這也是正常發揮，ㄏㄏ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 140.113.224.39 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Gossiping/M.1493275459.A.9FF.html

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