To: defenderSD
I thought the U.S. were going to sell the Taiwanese some outdated subs as part of a military package.
8 posted on
07/06/2006 10:37:58 PM PDT by
garbageseeker
(It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.ā€¯Samuel Clemmens)
To: garbageseeker
We are planning to sell subs to Taiwain, but last I heard we're still working on buying the design and blueprints from another country (probably European) and then we have to find a shipyard to build the subs at a reasonable cost here in America. No country other than us wants to build these subs on their soil, so we're working on bringing back a diesel sub shipyard. I read somewhere that the liberals in Taiwain think the price of the subs is too high, and the Taiwanese legislature hasn't approved the purchase yet.
Same old story: nobody in Taiwan wants Chinese soldiers marching through their back yard, but they don't want to pay the high price for submarines, which are not made in sufficient numbers these days to bring down the price.
11 posted on
07/06/2006 10:45:26 PM PDT by
defenderSD
(Just when you think it's never going to happen, that's when it happens.)
To: garbageseeker; defenderSD
The US has little to offer to Taiwan without assistance from either Europe or Japan.The US last exported D/Es in the late 70s if im not mistaken.
To: garbageseeker
Forgot to mention: IIRC, the package included used destoyers but new diesel submarines.
13 posted on
07/06/2006 10:46:28 PM PDT by
defenderSD
(Just when you think it's never going to happen, that's when it happens.)
To: garbageseeker
I thought the U.S. were going to sell the Taiwanese some outdated subs as part of a military package. We sold them some outdated destroyers. We don't have an non-nuclear subs to sell, outdated or otherwise.
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