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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Bill Gerth, Taiwan Showdown. Washington Times, Jan 12, 2011.
http://www.washingtontimes.com
/news/2011/jan/12/inside-the-ring-648659289/
Quote:
"It includes much-needed equipment to upgrade Taiwan's aging arsenal of 145
U.S.-made F-16 jet fighters with new electronics, engines and missiles.
"Defense sources said Taiwan's request to buy more modern F-16s is still
being considered, but the upgrade package is assured.
My comment:
(a) Washing Times has a practice of embargo its daily content until late
evening of eah day.
(b) Quotation 1 refers to F-16 A/B, whereas Quotation 2, F-16 C/D.
(c) While reading this sotry, proceed to read the next one (in web page 2)
headlined "Gates visits Great Wall" which states in pertinent part:
"During the visit to the nuclear headquarters, Mr. Gates said he invited Gen
. Jing Zhiyuan, 2nd Artillery commander, to visit the U.S. Strategic Command
headquarters near Omaha, Neb.
"However, the elusive Gen. Jing has been invited several times in the past
for such visits, including a direct appeal in 2006 from then-President
George W. Bush to visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, but so far has not
made the trip.
"Defense officials have said Gen. Jing's refusal to visit is a reflection of
tight Chinese military secrecy related to nuclear weapons, which are hidden
in underground facilities, mainly in western China.
That is 靖志远. Quotation 3 suggests Gen. Jing is afraid that once he go
visit Omaha, he will be forced to open up underground facilities (control
and command, rather than silos?) to accomodate US officials' return visit.
(d) Then, proceed to the third story--under the same URL--headlined "China
intel failure" which quotes an unnmaed senior U.S. intelligence official as
indicating there is no failure, beside the following statement:
"Michael Birmingham, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, said runway taxi tests and the first short flight of a the J-
20 prototype aircraft 'do not constitute an operational capability, which we
project to be a number of years away.'
It will be up to Congress (and higher offices in the executive branch) to
sort out difference in opinions, if any. |
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