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Taiwan shows force on beach facing Chinese mainland
SpaceWar ^ | Jul 27, 2004 | AFP

Posted on 07/27/2004 8:17:04 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer

Taiwan's military flexed its muscle Tuesday with a fleet of attack helicopters and heavy artillery demonstrating their determination to fend off any attack on a beach facing the Chinese mainland. Eight AH-1W attack helicopters and as many OH-58D Scout helicopters were shown on television firing missiles, rockets and guns at targets in a drill simulating a Chinese invasion on a beach in western Taiwan.

M-109 self-propelled cannons and M-110 eight-inch howitzers, as well as F-16 fighters and Seagull fastboats armed with anti-ship missiles were mobilized in the exercise, which is part of Taiwan's biggest annual manoeuvres codenamed "Han Kuang 20" (Han Glory).

Last week around 5,000 troops took part in exercises on the south coast simulating an attempt to repel a beach landing.

Two air force Mirage 2000-5 jets also landed on major freeways in an exercise to "review the air force's capability in using freeways for emergency landings and logistic support in case of war."

The exercises come amid growing tensions with China

(Excerpt) Read more at spacewar.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; chinastuff; taiwan

Taiwanese paratrooper takes part in an exercise. Taiwan staged live-fire exercises as it continued major annual military manoeuvres coinciding with large scale wargames reportedly being conducted by rival China(AFP/Johnson Liu)
1 posted on 07/27/2004 8:17:12 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

A map of where Taiwanese fighter jets will land in a military exercise in Taipei. Suspected Chinese hackers have launched an offensive against the website of Taiwan's Military News Agency ahead of practice landings by fighter jets on the island, the defense ministry said(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

** We saw this story last week. There is more to it. China is conducting asymetrical warfare on Taiwan and here's the story:
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Chinese hackers attack Taiwan military news agency ahead of drill

Suspected Chinese hackers have launched an offensive against the website of Taiwan's Military News Agency ahead of practice freeway landings by fighter jets on the island, the defense ministry said.

The attack took place on Monday night and the agency affiliated with the ministry was forced to close down its website, the ministry said.

The hackers replaced the agency's homepage with a slogan that said 'Reunification with Taiwan in 2021', it said.

An identical attack occurred a month ago when suspected Chinese hackers attacked the site of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040720/wl_asia_afp/taiwan_china_military_040720071118
2 posted on 07/27/2004 8:23:36 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

It would be a tough go for the Chinese if they decided to invade...


3 posted on 07/27/2004 8:27:03 PM PDT by Guillermo (It's the 99% of Mohammedans that make the other 1% look bad)
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To: Guillermo

Only Taiwan cancelled a visit by our military last week under pressure internally. They were scheduled to come to the island and talk about the planned weapons purchase.


4 posted on 07/27/2004 8:32:52 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Robert Lomax

PING


5 posted on 07/27/2004 8:34:15 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

My prediction is a lot of dead PLA soldiers trying to get to the beach, then the reds will resort to an indescriminant bombing and conventional ballistic missile campaign.


6 posted on 07/27/2004 8:48:57 PM PDT by USNBandit (Florida military absentee voter number 537.)
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My prediction is a lot of dead PLA soldiers trying to get to the beach, then the reds will resort to an indiscriminate bombing and conventional ballistic missile campaign.
7 posted on 07/27/2004 8:49:13 PM PDT by USNBandit (Florida military absentee voter number 537.)
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To: hedgetrimmer
Incoming...


8 posted on 07/27/2004 9:21:50 PM PDT by Zeppo
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To: Zeppo

LOL!


9 posted on 07/27/2004 9:49:52 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: USNBandit
Its possible China will have space-based weapons soon.


China's first manned spacecraft, 'Shenzhou V', seen here on 15 October 2003. China is expected to launch its second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou VI, on a five-day mission in the second half of next year, state media quoted a Chinese space expert as saying(AFP-Xinhua/File)
10 posted on 07/27/2004 9:51:58 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer
Suspected Chinese hackers have launched an offensive against the website of Taiwan's Military News Agency ahead of practice landings by fighter jets on the island, the defense ministry said

Does such an attack have any effect on Taiwanese military operations, or is this the equivalent of FReeping an internet poll?

11 posted on 07/27/2004 9:58:38 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H
Disclaimer to prior post: I'm not equating FReeping polls to hacking a military website!

Just wondering if such an action is simply a meaningless gesture, or if it could have more sinister effects.

12 posted on 07/27/2004 10:02:34 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: hedgetrimmer

My guess is that China will use full scale indiscriminate bombing of a most massive nature then invade to kill off the survivors.

Chinese are not known for political correctness.

Taiwan needs nukes and a method to deliver them to Chinese industrial centers and major cities. All else is fluff when you are fighting someone that has a 200 Million man army and an overpopulation problem. What good is blowing up a Taiwanese beach full of Chinese, they need to blow up Chinese beach's full of Chinese.


13 posted on 07/27/2004 10:25:44 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: USNBandit
My prediction is a lot of dead PLA soldiers trying to get to the beach, then the reds will resort to an indescriminant bombing and conventional ballistic missile campaign.

Problem is it is not 'a' beach. The place is an island. An invasion can happen almost anywhere along the western coast. It would be very difficult to defend against.

14 posted on 07/27/2004 10:28:32 PM PDT by killjoy (Democracy spawns bad taste)
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To: Ken H

China has always claimed they would use asymetric warfare. One type ia hacking into different systems of the enemy. The systems they hacked may not be significant in this case, but they can be like a psy op. The victim wonders if the Chinese are just toying with them and they really can get into more vital systems if they wanted to.

A couple of years ago there was a hack fest against American company websites from China, and it cost money in lost time, rebuilding the sites and restarting downed systems. I don't think I ever read a dollar amount, but some companies in the Silicon Valley were effectively off the net for several days do to the performance problems the worms caused.


15 posted on 07/27/2004 10:29:55 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: American in Israel
Taiwan needs nukes...

That would be one heck of a firework to kick off Taiwan Independence Day.

16 posted on 07/27/2004 10:56:19 PM PDT by Ken H
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