林中斌 部落格 / Blog Chong-Pin Lin

Taiwan's Test of Missiles Falls Short
 

林 中斌

 

聯合報 名人堂╱2011.02.11 02:14 am

 

By ARIES POON And FANNY LIU

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703954004576089404084137200.html accessed January 19, 2011

 

TAIPEI—Nearly a third of the missiles fired by the Taiwanese military during an air-defense drill Tuesday missed their targets, raising concerns about the island's defense capabilities as China's military might in the region rises.

 

The Ministry of National Defense said that six out of 19 missiles failed to hit their targets at a test staged at the Jiupeng base in Taiwan's southeastern coast. President Ma Ying-jeou, who presided over the drill, said that he wasn't satisfied with the misses and that "there is still room for improvement."

林楠森

BBC中文網台北特約記者

http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2011/01/110117_hu_us_tw_linnansen.shtml accessed January 19, 2011
 

奧巴馬將在白宮與胡錦濤舉行會談。

    在中國國家主席胡錦濤訪美進行國事訪問前夕，台灣正密切關注美國總統奧巴馬與胡錦濤的峰會，是否會在軍售或主權等問題上，作出不利於台灣的決定。

    按台灣總統馬英九的說法，雖然這次胡錦濤訪美，台灣並非最重要的議題，但其仍相當關切，而台灣政府希望的是能從美國採購到F-16C/D型戰鬥機。

China's military head games

Rumors or no, news of China's military advances throws wrench in the works for US strategists.

By Jonathan Adams

Published: Global Post January 5, 2011 06:18 ET in Asia

Newly recruited soldiers of China's paramilitary forces undergo a training session at a military base in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang region, Dec. 28, 2010. (AFP/Getty Images)