Taiwan to Buy European Helicopters

choi

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Wendell Minnick, Singapore Airshow: Eurocopter Secures Sale to Taiwan.
Defense News, Feb. 3, 2010.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4483899&c=AIR&s=TOP

My comment: Surprise, surprise: Europe sells it to Taiwan--AND China says
nothing.


--------------Separately
(1) Ralph Jennings, Taiwan wants more U.S. weapons despite latest sales.
Reuters, Feb. 3, 2010.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-45871420100203

(2) Ho Ai Li, Taiwan may escape US arms sale fallout. The Strait Times (
Singapore), Feb. 3, 2010.
http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9914

My comment: DPP always support US arms sale to Taiwan, whether DPP is in
power or not.

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(A) Today (Feb. 5), Taiwan FIRST announced the purchase--from Ministries of
Defense and Foreign Affairs.

(1)
(a) Europe risks angering China by agreeing Taiwan helicopter deal. Deutsche
Welle, Feb. 5, 2010.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5219871,00.html
("The Eurocopter deal marks only the third European arms sale to Taiwan in
the last 40 years"--following a 1981 Dutch deal of two Zwaardvis (Swordfish)
-class submarines in 1981 and a 1992 Taiwan order of six French La Fayette-
class frigates)

My comment:
(i) EADS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EADS
(European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V (EADS) has several
divisions, among them Airbus and Eurocopter.)
(ii) La Fayette class frigate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fayette_class_frigate

(b) Accord

台湾军方向欧洲购买EC-225直升机. BBC Chinese, Feb. 5, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/02/100205_taiwan_helicopter.shtml

Quote:

"台湾空军司令部对BBC中文网说，这三架救护直升机的合同已在去年底签定

"不过与配挂武器以及战时用于运兵的黑鹰直升机不同的是，全球各国购入EC-225型直
升机主要都是用于搜救或民间运输")

(B) Later Eurocopter made the announcement.

Tim Hepher, Eurocopter says Taiwan helicopters for civil use. Reuters, Feb.
5, 2010 (five hours ago).
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWEB859620100205
("Taiwan said earlier it would buy up to 20 military helicopters from Europe
" but three for now)

(C)
(1) Yes, Eurocopter has a joiont venture in China to make helicopters. But,
(1) the type is EC175, not EC225 that Taiwan ordered, and (2) EC175 is in
the drawing board. See

Helicopter industry readies to take off in China. Asian Aerospace, Dec. 14,
2010.
http://news.asianaerospace.com/?p=2653

Quote:

"Eurocopter and [China's] Avicopter are now jointly developing the six-ton
EC175 helicopter, also called Z15, in China.

The two companies equally share design and production responsibilities.
There will be two assembly lines, one in Harbin, and the other in Marignane,
France.

(2) Imagine the aforesaid joint venture could produce EC225 in time for
Taiwan, Taiwan laws ban import of such from China. Although both Taiwan and
China are members of World Trade Organization, ther eremains a lot of trade
barriers between the two. Conceivably China could have complained to WTO but
elected not to, so as to avert any contact with Taiwan in international
organization. Ostrich mentality? Possibly.

【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: Wendell Minnick, Singapore Airshow: Eurocopter Secures Sale to Taiwan.
: Defense News, Feb. 3, 2010.
: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4483899&c=AIR&s=TOP
: My comment: Surprise, surprise: Europe sells it to Taiwan--AND China says
: (以下引言省略...)

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