美行政当局向国会提交对台军售案

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BBC Chinese, Sept 21, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110921_us_taiwan_arms_confirm.shtml

Note: News release today from Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), US Department of Defense:
(1) Transmittal No. 11-19:

"The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States has requested a possible sale for the continuation of a pilot training program and logistics support for F-16 aircraft at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona to include flight training, supply and maintenance support, spare and repair parts, support equipment, program management, publications, documentation, personnel training and training equipment, fuel and fueling services, and other related program requirements necessary to sustain a long-term CONUS training program. The estimated cost is $500 million."
http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2011/TECRO_11-19.pdf

My comment:
(a) Luke Air Force Base
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base
(b) I do not know what CONUS stands for.


(2) Transmittal No. 11-34:

"The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States has requested a FMSO II to provide funds for blanket order requisitions, under the Cooperative Logistics Supply Agreement (CLSSA) for spare parts in support of F-16A/B, F-5E/F, C-130H, and Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) aircraft. The estimated cost is $52 million."
http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2011/TECRO_11-34.pdf

My comment: I do not pretend to understand FMSO II, but here it is:

Chapter 6  Foreign Military Sales Cases. DSCA.
http://www.disam.dsca.mil/pubs/DR/06%20Chapter.pdf
("Foreign Military Sales Order II Case," at page 4 of 10)

(3) Transmittal No. 11-39:

"The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States has requested a retrofit of 145 F-16A/B aircraft that includes sale of: 176 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars; 176 Embedded Global Positioning System Inertial Navigation Systems; 176 ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management systems; upgrade 82 ALQ-184 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) pods to incorporate Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) technology or purchase new ECM pods (AN/ALQ-211(V)9 Airborne Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suites (AIDEWS) with DRFM, or AN/ALQ-131 pods with DRFM); 86 tactical data link terminals; upgrade 28 electro-optical infrared targeting Sharpshooter pods; 26 AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER Targeting Systems or AN/AAQ-28 LITENING Targeting Systems; 128 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems; 128 Night Vision Goggles; 140 AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles; 56 AIM-9X Captive Air Training Missiles; 5 AIM-9X Telemetry kits; 16 GBU-31V1 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) kits; 80 GBU-38 JDAM kits; Dual Mode/ Global Positioning System Laser-Guided Bombs (16 GBU-10 Enhanced PAVEWAY II or GBU-56 Laser JDAM, 80 GBU-12 Enhanced PAVEWAY II or GBU-54 Laser JDAM, 16 GBU-24 Enhanced PAVEWAY III); 64 CBU-105 Sensor Fused Weapons with Wind-Corrected Munition Dispensers (WDMD); 153 LAU-129 Launchers with missile interface; upgrade of 158 APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe Combined Interrogator Transponders; and HAVE GLASS II applications. Also included are: ammunition, alternate mission equipment, engineering and design study on replacing existing F100-PW-220 engines with F100-PW-229 engines, update of Modular Mission Computers, cockpit multifunction displays, communication equipment, Joint Mission Planning Systems, maintenance, construction, repair and return, aircraft tanker support, aircraft ferry services, aircraft and ground support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support, test equipment, site surveys, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $5.3 billion."
http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2011/TECRO_11-39.pdf

Note:
(a) For  Global Positioning System Inertial Navigation Systems, see
(i) navigation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation
(section 4.4 Inertial navigation)
(ii) inertial navigation system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_navigation_system
(section 2 Error: Control theory in general, and Kalman filtering in particular, provide a theoretical framework for combining information from various sensors. One of the most common alternative sensors is a satellite navigation radio, such as GPS. By properly combining the information from an INS and the GPS system (GPS/INS), the errors in position and velocity are stable. Furthermore, INS can be used as a short-term fallback while GPS signals are unavailable, for example when a vehicle passes through a tunnel.)

(b) ALQ (where A signifies "airborne") is usually preceded by AN (as in AN/ALQ), meaning a Joint Air Force/Navy program,
(c) GBU is the acronym for "guided bomb unit"--also known as smart bomb.
(d) Joint Direct Attack Munition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition
(e) CBU: cluster bomb unit
(f) For "LAU-129 Launchers," see
Could some one please show me the differences in the two types of wing tip launchers and to what Blocks would carry what? Aug 20, 2004.
http://www.f-16.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=20233

* AIM-9X. Raytheon, undated.
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/aim-9x/
(g) AN/APX-113(V). BAE Systems, undated.
http://www.baesystems.com/BAEProd/groups/public/@businesses/@eandis/documents/bae_publication/bae_pdf_eis_an_apx113.pdf.pdf
(h) Pratt & Whitney F100
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_F100
(sections 2.3 F100-PW-220/220E, and 2.4 F100-PW-229)


-------------------------follow-up
台府积极评价美战机升级案军售通知. VOA Chinese, Sept 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110921-Taiwan-Governments-Reaction-on-Sale-of-F-16AB-Fighters-130291028.html

Quote:

"台湾外交部和国防部在台湾时间9月21日深夜召开记者会，就美国政府'正式通知美国会同意有关F-16A/B型战机之升级案'发表讲话，对美方表示肯定和感谢，并指出未来将洽请美方提供F-16C/D战机。

台湾外长杨进添 "引用美国行政部门高级官员的话说，F-16A/B升级后的性能将和F-16C/D相同，而价格比F-16C/D低许多。台湾国防部表示，F-16A/B性能提升后，预估将可达到F-16C/D 80%左右之战力，部分系统甚至已超越美军现役的F-16C/D等级。

"台湾还想向美国购买潜舰，也就是不少大陆人说的潜艇。


My comment:
(a) I am puzzled. If the upgrade, which will be done in Taiwan, is equivalent to a new C/D, why does US not manufacture new C/D itself and keep the jobs within US?
(b) Many if not most in Taiwan also say 潜艇, me included.


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