China plans to equip its upcoming missiles with infrared technology to give them the ability to hit US warships in Asia, a Japanese newspaper said Wednesday. The upgrade is part of preparations for a potential conflict over Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory and which has a security pact with the United States, the Sankei Shimbun said.

Citing unnamed military sources in Japan and Taiwan, the conservative newspaper said that China was developing an infrared detection system for its medium-range Dongfeng-21 missiles so they can pinpoint warships.

The upgraded Dongfeng would discourage the United States or Japan from sending in their warships equipped with the Aegis technology designed to shoot down incoming missiles, the newspaper said.

The Dongfeng-21 has a range of some 2,150 kilometers (1,350 miles). The Sankei estimated that around 100 are deployed.

Western analysts have also speculated that China is also developing a next-generation long-range Dongfeng-41 capable of hitting the US mainland.

Beijing has repeatedly threatened to invade Taiwan, where nationalists fled in 1949 after losing the civil war to Mao Zedong's communists, if the island declares formal independence.

The United States and Japan in a first-of-a-kind statement in February 2005 declared that a peaceful resolution of Taiwan Strait issues was a common strategic objective of the Pacific allies.

ne vjerujem ako bi kinezi počeli da vrše pritisak na tajvan da bi amerikanci ih branili sa vojskom.....

Jedino ako su totalno ludi, ali nekako ce da im smjeste, na ovaj ili onaj nacin.

.......hm ko komu...??? ...nisam baš najbolje razumio ovo....

ali sprema se tajvan.......fly

Taiwan Tests Defences Against China


Taiwan on Wednesday tested its defences in live-fire drills simulating an invasion by rival China as part of the island's biggest ever wargames, the defence ministry said. The scenario being played out during the manoeuvres -- part of five-day wargames codenamed "Han Kuang 23" -- was that a fleet of Chinese warships were found crossing the middle of the Taiwan Strait approaching northern Taiwan.

In deterring the "attack," Taiwan armed forces showcased sophisticated weaponry during an hour-long, live-fire exercise near the northeastern Suao harbour.

The forces for the first time tested the power of a US-made Standard II air defence missile, which was launched from a Kidd-class destroyer to eliminate a target.

The surface-to-air missiles have a range of 144 kilometres (90 miles) and vastly outperform the Standard I missiles deployed on Taiwan's Perry-class frigates.

A French-made Mirage 2000-5 fighter released flares in a standard operation to duck possible missile attacks after it fired a Magic missile to hit a drone -- a pilotless airplane used as a mock enemy plane.

The army also fired home-made Hsiungfeng (Brave Wind) II and US-made Sparrow missiles from land bases.

"The objective of the drill was to test the joint operation capabilities of army, navy and air force," army Major General Hsu Yen-pu told reporters at the end of Wednesday's drill involving more than 1,800 people, 28 fighters, a submarine, a destroyer, two frigates and four missile boats.

In another operation later in the day, hundreds of troops flanked by tanks and armoured vehicles surrounded a group of mock Chinese soldiers who had "seized" the central Taichung harbour.

"Holding several drills on the same day is in response to advice of American military personnel" who had witnessed the island's previous military manoeuvres, said defence ministry spokesman Major General Wu Chi-fang.

"Only in so doing can the military truly find out problems and see to it that they be corrected in daily training programmes," Wu said.

More than 120,000 soldiers and 23,000 reservists were to be mobilised during what Wu described as Taiwan's "biggest and most extensive" wargames, which began Monday.

In an apparent reaction to China's rapid military expansion, the United States has quietly increased its military contacts with Taiwan over the past few years despite Beijing's objections.

On Tuesday, six Taiwanese fighter jets made rare landings on a closed-off freeway in an exercise aimed to find out how the air force could preserve its combat readiness should the island's air bases be severely damaged in an attack by Beijing.

A computerised drill last month showed the island was vulnerable to air attack from its rival neighbour due to a shortage of anti-missile weaponry, Taiwan's defence ministry said.

Some analysts allege that the military exercises are for publicity purposes rather than a review of the island's defences.

China has repeatedly threatened to invade self-governing Taiwan should the island declare formal independence. It regards Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification since they split in 1949 at the end of a civil war.

Tensions between Taiwan and China have escalated since independence-leaning Chen Shui-bian was elected president in 2000. He was narrowly re-elected in 2004.

Mislim da je sranje neizbezno. To ce biti prvi test za Kinu u smislu da li ce postati super sila ili nece. Jedino ako na vlast dodju prokineski politicari koji ce da prihvate formulu jedna drzava dva sistema, nego da budu meso za Americke interese.

čini mi se da imaju sledeču godinu izbore pa čemo vidjeti dali če ostati....Chen Shui.....ni neznam koliko mandata može imati predsednik u ovoj državi......

Taiwan Showcases Its Military Firepower

Taiwan's military on Thursday staged extensive anti-aircraft landing and airport defence drills as part of the island's largest ever wargames, the defence ministry and television stations said. Broadcast images showed eight heavily laden F-16 fighters strafing marked targets with rockets and bombs 10 kilometres (six miles) off the coast in southern Pingtung county, in a simulated amphibious attack by rival China.

The drill came on the fourth day of a five-day live-firing exercise, codenamed "Han Kuang 23".

Fast boats fired ship-to-ship missiles at the floating targets in a test aimed at improving Taiwan's ability to "destroy the enemy before they can land on beaches," a defence ministry official said.

Super Cobra attack helicopters also launched rockets while tanks and artillery lobbed a volley of shells to stop the mock enemy from landing.

Separately, Taiwanese forces practiced defensive measures at the eastern Chiashan military airport, where huge tunnels dug into a mountain are designed to protect dozens of jets from intensive bombing should war break out in the Taiwan Strait, the defence ministry said.

Military personnel also demonstrated their engineering skills in "repairing" airstrips damaged by Chinese missile attacks, it said.

A computerised drill last month showed the island was vulnerable to air attacks from its dominant neighbour due to a shortage of anti-missile weaponry, Taiwan's defence ministry said.

In another operation on Thursday, a fleet of tanks and hundreds of troops were mobilised to "wipe out" Chinese paratroopers in Huko, northern Taiwan. However, an airborne attack by fighters was called off due to torrential downpours.

The five-day exercise was overshadowed by a crash during rehearsals last week which killed two pilots on board a F-5F fighter and two Singaporean servicemen on the ground. Nine more Singaporean soldiers were wounded.

More than 120,000 soldiers and 23,000 reservists were to be mobilised during what defense ministry Major General Wu Chi-fang described as Taiwan's "biggest and most extensive" wargames.

Mislio sam na Amere. Ne vjerujem da ce Ameri da se umijesaju vojno, mislim da nisu toliko ludi (mada, ko zna). Naci ce neki nacin da umijesaju svoje prljave ruke.
A i ovo sto Tajvan izvodi ove vjezbe, to je cisto, sto se kaze, kurcenje. Mnogo se uzdaju u Amere.

tajvan dobija vojnu pomoc vrijednu nekoliko desetina milijardi dolara svake godine
ali  Kina=Tajvan, to je ko srbija i bosna, ili ko srbija i kosovo, ili ko srbija i šumadija