蘭德公司：薩德貴 也不符台灣需求

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曹郁芬, 蘭德公司：薩德貴 也不符台灣需求. Liberty Times, Mar 12, 2017.
http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/paper/1085162

Quote:

(a) "美國蘭德公司亞太中心副主任黑考特今天表示 * * * 薩德飛彈防禦系統 * * * 是 * * * 設計來攔截少量飛彈的系統，這套系統不適於攔截上百枚，甚至一千五百枚部署在台海對岸的道彈飛彈

(b) "華府智庫「全球台灣研究中心」與「全國亞洲研究局（ＮＢＲ）」今天舉辦美台關係座談會。長期研究兩岸軍事問題的黑考特，被問到台灣部署薩德是否有意義時，做了上述表示。

"他說，美國沒有充裕的薩德飛彈防禦系統庫存等著買家，事實上，薩德系統數量極少，迄今只出售給一個不在東亞的國家，美國現在要移轉薩德系統去韓國保護美軍，而不是賣這套系統給韓國。

Note:
(a) Mar 10: The Future of US-Taiwan Policy: Taiwan's National Power in Context. Global Taiwan Institute, undated
http://globaltaiwan.org/2017/03/ ... an-policy-with-nbr/
(Home> Events>  Public Seminar Series: "The National Bureau of Asian Research and the Global Taiwan Institute invite you to attend 'The Future of US-Taiwan Policy: Taiwan's National Power in Context.' This public seminar will feature Strategic Asia program contributors Steven Goldstein (Harvard University), Robert Sutter (The George Washington University), and David Gitter (Party Watch), as well as Tiffany Ma (The National Bureau of Asian Research) and Scott Harold (RAND). David An (The Global Taiwan Institute) will serve as moderator")

As I explain before, the DC-based Global Taiwan Institute was recently founded by Taiwanese businessmen.
(b) Scott Warren HAROLD. Associate Director, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, Rand International, undated.
www.rand.org/international/capp.html
(c) National Bureau of Asian Research
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Asian_Research
(1989- ; nonprofit, research institution based in Seattle, Washington, with a branch office in Washington, DC)

(d) About  Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD).

THAAD; Endo-exo-atmospjeric intercept capability. Lockheed Martin, undated
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/co ... ad/mfc-thaad-pc.pdf

THAAD MILESTONES:

"•  In April 2013, the US Army conducted the first-ever operational deployment of a THAAD battery [in Guam].

"•  THAAD has a 100 percent mission success rate in 13 consecutive flight tests since 2005, including 11-for-11 successful intercepts.

"•  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the first International partner to procure the THAAD system with a contract awarded in December 2011.


* Despite not being dated, this two-page brochure hints that it was written in or before 2015: " The US Army is scheduled to activate the 5th of 7 programmed THAAD batteries in 2015