η πρώτη παρτίδα Abrams έφτασε στο λιμάνι της Ταϊπέι

Ενημερωμένα στοιχεία: Στις 13 Δεκεμβρίου, ο βοηθητικός εξοπλισμός για τα άρματα μάχης M1A2T Abrams παραδόθηκε στο λιμάνι του Kaohsiung και σήμερα η πρώτη παρτίδα Abrams έφτασε στο λιμάνι της Ταϊπέι με φορτηγό πλοίο. Η εκφόρτωση ολοκληρώθηκε. Τα τανκς, καλυμμένα με μαύρα καλύμματα, άρχισαν να μεταφέρονται στους προορισμούς τους τη νύχτα. 10 τανκς στάλθηκαν στο κέντρο εκπαίδευσης του στρατού στο Hsinchu. Πρώτες φωτογραφίες επιβεβαίωσης.

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Overinflated: China’s Balloon Threats to Taiwan

Overinflated: China’s Balloon Threats to Taiwan

These balloon flights aren’t new, have no clear military use, and don’t seem to pose much of a threat.
By Jonathan Walberg and Noah Reed



Taiwan military vessels are seen in Keelung Harbor in Taiwan, on Aug. 4, 2022. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese military surveillance balloon passed over the northern port city of Keelung on the night of Dec. 7, 2023, then continued travelling east before disappearing.Credit: AP Photo/Johnson Lai


Taiwan continues to make headlines nearly two months past its presidential and legislative elections. Alongside debates about maritime law around Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands, another issue that garnered attention in the West has been China’s balloon flights over Taiwan. Many have declared these balloons as the most recent example of Beijing’s gray-zone coercion tactics and urged action to mitigate the threat.

Η Δύση παρεμβαίνει ξανά στην Κίνα

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🇪🇺🇹🇼 Η Δύση παρεμβαίνει ξανά στην Κίνα

Το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο ενέκρινε δύο ψηφίσματα υπέρ της Ταϊβάν στις 28 Φεβρουαρίου: «Κοινή Εξωτερική Πολιτική και Πολιτική Ασφάλειας 2023» και «Κοινή Πολιτική Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας».

Σε ψηφίσματα του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου:

▪️ επέκρινε τη δήλωση του Κινέζου ηγέτη Σι Τζινπίνγκ ότι η Κίνα δεν θα παραιτηθεί ποτέ από το δικαίωμα χρήσης βίας κατά της Ταϊβάν και επεσήμανε ότι ούτε η Ταϊβάν ούτε η Κίνα υποτάσσονται η μία στην άλλη·

▪️ εξέφρασε ανησυχία για τη χρήση παραπληροφόρησης από την Κίνα για να υπονομεύσει την εμπιστοσύνη του κοινού στην κυβέρνηση της Ταϊβάν·

The role of nuclear weapons in a Taiwan crisis

The role of nuclear weapons in a Taiwan crisis

By Gregory Weaver
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Executive summary

The potential for a conflict over Taiwan is increasing due to China’s nuclear and conventional military buildup and the threat of two simultaneous conflicts with China and Russia, which would severely stress the ability of US and allied conventional forces to win in both theaters. Nuclear weapons will cast a long shadow over a Taiwan conflict and could play multiple roles in the deterrence and warfighting strategies and operations of both the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). A conflict over Taiwan has a number of attributes that will shape those roles. Those attributes make the potential for limited nuclear escalation real and uncontrolled nuclear escalation possible.

In order to prevent war and escalation in war, US policymakers and military planners must take the role of nuclear weapons in a Taiwan conflict seriously. The United States should communicate four focused deterrent messages to China and reassure its allies and partners that it can deter Chinese nuclear use. The United States should reevaluate its theater nuclear capability requirements for a Taiwan conflict and carefully analyze options to defeat a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan with limited nuclear strikes if necessary. Finally, the United States must credibly address the potential for collaborative or opportunistic aggression by China and Russia in an environment in which both are peer nuclear adversaries. This requires determining what the US strategy should be to address the two-peer threat, optimizing US and allied conventional forces to address it, and reshaping US nuclear capabilities if necessary. The United States needs to know now whether it is going to require a nuclear force that is larger, or different, or both, because changing the current modernization program requires immediate action to address the threats in time.

Beijing seeks to build ties with Taiwanese cities after ruling party suffers election defeat

Local elections saw independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party lose control of several strongholds
US says polling highlights strength of self-ruled island’s democratic system



Minnie Chan 

taiwanese president resigns as party chairwoman after huge polls defeat25 Nov 2018

Beijing said on Sunday it would welcome more cooperation between Taiwan’s cities and prefectures and the mainland after the island’s independence-leaning ruling party suffered a local election reverse.