News on F-16 Sale

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(1) Wendell Minnick, U.S. Congress Pushes for Taiwan F-16s With TAMA. Defense News, Sept 13, 2011.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=7664732&c=AIR&s=TOP
("Taiwan also has some of the best-trained F-16 pilots in the world. Taiwan's 21st Tactical Fighter Squadron ('Gamblers') has been based at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., since the 1990s for training")

(2) 美参议员促奥巴马售台新型战机. BBC Chinese, Sept 13, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/09/110913_us_taiwan_arms.shtml
("这项尚未经过议会辩论的军售议案一旦获得批准，将是第一项未经总统批准而向外国的军售")

(3) Taiwan Lawmaker Expects Disappointment on F-16s. Associated Press (AP), Sept 12, 2011 (title and date according to AP).
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/09/14/2003513244


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(1) 中国终于承认利比亚“过渡委.” VOA Chinese, Sept 13, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110913-china-libya-129726973.html

(2) 中国承认利比亚临时政府 各方莫衷一是. VOA Chinese, Sept 13, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110913-china-libya-129723333.html
(中国外交部发言人姜瑜今天在例行记者会上 "还说，全国过渡委员会已经表示会奉行一个中国的政策，并遵守中国此前与卡扎菲政权签署的各项协议")

(3) 艾德, 中国军火商与卡扎菲代表接触引发联想. VOA Chinese, Sept 13, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110913-china-libya-129715543.html
("里查德.费谢尔表示，他对北京承认举行过这项会谈，以及中国军工企业甚至打算介入利比亚内战，感到震惊。费谢尔说：'即使曾经有过，我们也非常难得从中国政府发言人的口中得到些许的认错。他们的第一条规则就是否认一切，这次也是这样。政府发言人一开始否认，然后经过大约24小时的拖延，才出面承认至少和利比亚政府官员有过接触。' 费谢尔表示，中国的承认似乎是想在利比亚的冲突中两面讨好")

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William Ide, China Arms Meeting With Gadhafi Officials Raises Questions. VOA, Sept 12, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Arms-Meeting-With-Gadhafi-Officials-Raises-Questions-129693553.html

(4) 陆客自由行前三月差强人意. VOA Chinese, Sept 13, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110913-taiwan-tourists-129712648.html

Quote:

"陆客自由行从第一个月只有800人，第二个月3000人

"中央社报导，陆客自由行的人数不如预期，原因之一就是价格太高，光是申请入台证，就要人民币700元到1000元，让陆客觉得成本太高。 [湾旅行公会全国联合会秘书长] 许高庆表示，确实有这样的问题，加上自由行的旅客机票和住宿酒店没有旅行团的优惠，整体来说，自由行的费用是高出许多")

(5) 台湾东部两架军机夜航训练惊传失事. BBC Chinese, Sept 13, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110913_taiwan_fighter_crash.shtml
("失事的飞机分别为双人座的F5F型战斗教练机和单座的RF5型侦察机")

Note:
(a) Northrop F-5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5
(Republic of China Air Force: Received 115 F-5A and B from 1965, 48 were transferred to South Vietnam before 1975. From 1973 to 1986, Taiwan produced 308 F-5E/Fs ["Tigers"] under license. Later batches of locally AIDC licensed production of Tiger IIs were fitted with flare/chaff dispensers, plus handling qualities upgrades with enlarged LEX and F-20's shark nose, and radar warning receivers(RWR))
(b) "Northrop Corporation was a leading United States aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1939 [by Jack Northrop in City of Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California] until its merger with Grumman to form Northrop Grumman in 1994."  Wikipedia

(6) 姜瑜：中国并未反对解冻利比亚资产. BBC Chinese, Sept 13, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110913_china_libya_assets.shtml
("中国外交部说，中国从未反对解冻利比亚资产，只是希望相关国家对用途和监管提供完整的信息 * * * 在回答中国是否对承认'过渡委'为利比亚合法政府是否有前提条件时，姜瑜表示“将坚定奉行一个中国的政策，切实遵守双方此前签署的各项条约和协议，我们对此表示赞赏")

台湾总统府驳斥“马连任访大陆”报道. BBC Chinese, Sept 13, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110913_taiwan_visit_denial.shtml
("马英九竞选连任办公室执行长金溥聪接受凤凰卫视采访时所说的只要对台湾有利，“不排除”马英九到大陆访问、两岸签署和平协议等等")

(7) 美议员：中国努力与美国军力匹敌. BBC Chinese, Sept 12, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/09/110912_us_china_defence.shtml

Note: 众议院军事委员会主席巴克·麦肯伊
Buck McKeon (R-Calif), Chairman of House Armed Services Committee

(8) Hungry Soldiers Make Plans. Strategy Page, Sept 13, 2011.
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/articles/20110913.aspx
(N Korea's imminent collapse)

(9) Switchblade Enters Service. Strategy Page, Sept 13, 2011.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20110913.aspx

My comment: This is NEAT.
(a) Switchblade. AeroVironment, Inc, undated.
http://www.avinc.com/uas/adc/switchblade/
("a Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) target within minutes")
(b) New US Infantry Weapon System - SWITCHBLADE. LiveLeak, May 2, 2011 (video clip).
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=69f_1304308604

(10) GPS Jammers In Action. Strategy Page, Sept 13, 2011.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20110913.aspx


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