标准二 + P-3C Orion + 萬劍彈 + 俄罗斯

choi

Rather than scare you off, I treat these reports as object of research.

(1) 台湾于台日间海上进行导弹实弹演习. BBC Chinese, Sept 26, 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... aiwan_missile.shtml

Quote:

"标准二型导弹是台湾从美国军售的基德舰上配备的中程防空导弹，最远射程达170公里，被视为台海军最强的火力之一。

"这次台湾试射的美制“标准二型”导弹，除了是美军目前仍在服役中的海军火力外，日本军舰上也配备了同型导弹。

My comment:
(a) This is the first time I learn that Taiwan has Standard Missile-2 (SM-2).
(b) "台媒引述他 [国民党立委林郁方] 说，因标准二型导弹的射程长，美国过去并不同台湾试射，他每次到美国都会借机向美方高层说项。"

I believe "意" is missing, after "同."
(c) Quotation 1 is ambiguous. I thought it said the SM-2 came with the purchase of Kidd-class destroyers from US. Instead, it means the Missile test is conducted from a Kidd-class destroyer, after I double check with other Taiwanese news reports.
(d) RIM-67 Standard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-67_Standard
(an extended range surface-to-air missile (SAM) and anti ship missile originally developed for the United States Navy; section 4 Surface to air variants)

In American media on US own tests, usually Pentagon identifies which model (or "Block") SM-2 is. However Taiwan does not identify it this time, conceivably due to sensitivity to China's feelings. HOWEVER, Raytheon's news release implies the SM-2 in this test must be one of the two models. See
Raytheon Awarded $422 Million Contract for Standard Missile-2 Production. Raytheon, Nov 3, 2008.
http://investor.raytheon.com/pho ... icle&id=1221050
(e) Standard Missile-2. Raytheon, undated.
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/sm-2/
("world’s premier fleet-area air defense weapon * * * also has a secondary anti-surface ship mission * * * The most advanced variant, the SM-2 Block IV * * * The SM-2 family continues to grow internationally: Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain and Taiwan have deployed surface combatants; Australia’s Air Warfare Destroyer will employ SM-2")
(f) 与那国島 (kanji) Yonaguni-jima (Wiki: "lies 108 kilometers (67 mi) from the east coast of Taiwan")

I do not knwo why BBC identifies as an element of the second island chain--as opposed to the first.
(g) 中国拟在7年内夺第2岛链制海权 变东海为内海. 钱江晚报, June 25, 2013.
http://mil.huanqiu.com/observation/2013-06/4059996.html

choi

(2) 台湾购美国12架反潜机 首架抵台交接. BBC Chinese, Sept 25, 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... wan_p3c_plane.shtml
(二手P-3C猎户座式反潜机  P-3C Orion)

choi

(3) 許紹軒, 萬劍通過測評 可直搗中國軍事機場. Liberty Times, Sept 8, 2013.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2010/new/sep/8/today-p1.htm

Note:
(a) In Taiwan (I can not speak for China), 子母彈 and 集束炸彈 tend to be interchangeable, meaning "cluster munition/bomb."
(b) "林郁方表示，萬劍彈耗資近卅億元研發完成，外觀與美國的AGM-154「聯合遙攻武器系統」（ＪＳＯＷ）類似"

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSOW
(a standardized medium range precision guided weapon, especially for engagement of defended targets from outside the range of standard anti-aircraft defenses)

, which is NOT cluster munitions.
(i) standoff (missile)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standoff_(missile)
(ii)
(A) stand off (vi): "to stay at a distance from something"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20off
(B) standoff
"(n): the act of standing off
(adj): used for holding something at a distance from a surface <a standoff insulator>"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standoff

(c) "除了攻擊機場，美軍的ＨＡＲＭ反輻射飛彈 [AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)] 可攻擊雷達等輻射源也是國軍申購多年的裝備，由於美軍遲遲不願供售，中科院也在劍二飛彈的基礎上研發劍二Ａ反輻射飛彈，以達到從源頭打擊敵軍的目標。"

劍二飛彈 is short for
天劍二型飛彈  Sky Sword II or Tien Chien II
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E ... B%E9%A3%9B%E5%BD%88
("空對空飛彈是主動雷達導引的中程飛彈，中華民國中山科學研究院在美國的協助下為經國號戰機(F-CK-1)所研發生產的裝備。這也是中華民國第一次生產雷達導引空對空飛彈")

choi

(4) 俄经略北极防备中国 中俄怎样互动引关注. BBC Chinese, Sept 26, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... efense/1757621.html
("俄罗斯媒体说，对于中国等国希望成为北极理事会观察员，俄罗斯并不热情。商人日报曾透露，俄罗斯不希望中国，以及其他同北极没有领土关联的国家加入北极利益的争夺。因此在俄罗斯的活动下，中国等国所获得的观察员地位不会对北极理事会的决定有任何影响")

(5) Mismanagement Sets Russian Subs Afire. Strategy Page, Sept 24, 2013
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20130924.aspx
("In a Pacific coast shipyard [at Vladivostok] a Russian Oscar class nuclear submarine recently caught fire while undergoing refurbishment. Navy officials said the September 16th blaze was put out the same day and that the reactors had been shut down and weapons removed before the shipyard work began. There was no radiation leak or damage to the sub’s reactor. The fire was started when a power saw ignited some rubber insulation and spread to other flammable material. The fire took five hours to put out and killed 14 people, * * * This is the fourth submarine fire since 2006")