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    Taiwan Province by our country biggest islands Island of Taiwan and its periphery the islands Penghus, Diaoyu Island, the red tail islet, the blue islet and so on more than 80 sizes islands constitutes together, it is located our country the southeast marine, north is near East China Sea, east to the Pacific Ocean, northeast and the Ryukyu Islands archipelago is the neighbour, south separates the Bashi Channel and the Philippines remote confronts, west separates the Taiwan Straits and the motherland mainland very close faces one another.

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    The Taiwan terrain has 2/3 is the mountainous region and the knoll, the main sierra has the Central Mountain Range, the seacoast sierra, the snowy mountain, Yushan, Ali Mountain and so on always called the Taiwan Mountain Range, Yushan elevation 3,997 meters, are east our country the high point, the Island of Taiwan rivers multitudinous, but is all shorter, the main rivers had Zhuoshuixi river, under the fresh water brook, the mountain stream river, Zeng Wenhe, the Tachia brook and so on. Has lake and so on livelihood deep pool and coral deep pool. 

   

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    This province belongs to the subtropics - tropical climate, Xia Changwu the winter, the wind strong rain abundant, annual mean temperature 20 ?- 25 ? annual mean precipitation 2,000 millimeters.

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    Cuts off Taiwan Province altogether has 22.52 million people to 2002, by Han Nationality and 高山?primarily.

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    The Taiwan area 36,000 square kilometers, at present Taiwan including Taibei, Gaoxiong, Jilong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Jiayi, Tainan 7 municipalities, Taibei, Yilan, the peach garden, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Zhanghua, Nantou, Yunlin, Jiayi, Tainan, Gaoxiong, Bingdong, Taitung, Hualian, Penghu altogether 16 counties, governs the city, 22 municipal districts, 60 towns and 225 townships including 24 counties.

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    Since the ancient times, Taiwan was an our country sacred territory part, the ancient times "the Shangshu ?Tribute" center concerns to Taiwan's record, when three countries Sun Quan once sent when Wei Wen, Zhuge straight commanded the army develops Taiwan, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Penghus turns over to the Quanzhou government office Asia Jiang county to have jurisdiction, a Yuan generation established Penghu to inspect the department to have jurisdiction over Penghu and Taiwan, in 1661, national hero Zheng Chenggong pursued the Dutch invader, regained Taiwan. In 1683, the Qing government supposed the Taiwan government office, in 1885, Taiwan officially became Taiwan Province.

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    The minerals are rich, the wooded area accounts for the entire island total area 52%; The marine product is rich, mainly has the porgy, the tuna, the shark and the shrimp, as well as pearl, coral, hawk's-bill turtle and so on, year aquatic product exceed million tons.

    The Taiwan agricultural product also very rich, the main grain crops are the paddy rice, the main industrial crop is the sugar cane, the output quite is big, but also has the tea, the banana, the pineapple, the citrus fruits, the litchi chinensis, the longan, the mango, the Chinese olive and so on.

    The industry mainly has class and so on manufacture, spinning and weaving, electron, food processing, chemistry, petrification, electric power.

    In 2002 completes about gross national product 290 billion US dollars. The average per person gross national product is about 12,900 US dollars. The year economic growth rate is 3.5%.

    In 2002 local imports and exports total about 243.2 billion US dollars, in which exports 130.6 billion US dollars, imports 112.6 billion US dollars.In 2002底本 the boundary foreign exchange reserve is 161.6 billion US dollars.

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    The Taibei transportation is developed, the road mainly concentrates in the western plain area, take the provincial road as the skeleton line, 县道, the township road is a branch, formed the rotary island road, has crossed the road and the north and south highway primarily skeleton line highway network. The Taiwan railroad was open to traffic the course to be long, has formed the rotary island railway network. The Taiwan marine transportation history is glorious, mainly has Jilong, Gaoxiong, Hualian, Suao and a medium harbor.

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    Within the boundariestraveling resources rich, the tourism is developed. On island as beautiful as a painting, proliferates the high peak to fly the waterfall, the flowers and trees is prosperous, in addition 高山?the unique folk custom character and style, the graceful dance, all causes the tourist 留连忘返. The main scenic spot has the livelihood deep pool, the Shimen reservoir, Ali Mountain, knowledge this hot spring, the blue islet scenic area, the goose small tinkling bell nose, the lotus flower deep pool as well as Tainan's Fort Zeelandia, the Chikan building, the climax range, the Zheng Chenggong temple and Taibei's Yangming, the Tatun fire mountain group, Ukraine comes the waterfall, the wild willow tree, north to throw and so on. Since 2002 the passenger person amounts to 2.73 million people. More >>

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    For several dozens years, the Taiwan army situation has had the very big change. Its total military strength, the 20th century 50's is 660,000 people, to the beginning of the 90's are about 500,000 people, in 2006 is 385,000 people. Starts from 2004 fine to implement the military strength to reduce, estimated every year reduces 15,000 people, completes to 2008, the total military strength approximately reaches 300,000 people, army approximately 200,000 people, the navy and the air force each are 50,000 people, other armies including Military Police Corps, 3~4 ten thousand people and so on rear service support troops. And later also will continue in 2006 to simplify. At the same time, army's grouping, weaponry and so on, also all rested on the new demand to have the very big change.

Military expenses expenditure
    In 2005 the defense budget is 6 billion US dollars, the military expenses expenditure is 8 billion US dollars, accounts for the total output value 3%, accounts for the world military expenses total amount 0.8%, world 17th.

Army:

Taiwan's general headquarters are located in Longtan, existing military strength 200,000 people. Next supposes three regimental headquarterses, namely land army sixth, eighth, tenth regimental headquarters and Jinmen, Mazu, Penghu, Huadong three defense headquarterses, rear service headquarters, antiaircraft missile headquarters and so on. Moreover, the army airborne special operations forces headquarters reorganize for the aviation special operations forces headquarters, the army combat development committee reorganize for supervise the long room and the army education and training and the criterion development committee. On June 30, 1998, after the Taiwan armed forces implemented "the fine solid document", Shi the Ji gradually reorganization was "the armored infantry travel", "the airborne cavalry brigade", "touches a step of travel", "the armored brigade" and "the special operation brigade" and so on 5 kinds "the union branch of the services travel", altogether some 39 "combined brigade". In order to meet the modern warfare need, but also has set up the electronic warfare camp.

After the Taiwan armed forces carry out "the fine solid document", an army and the military strength establishment has carried on the adjustment to "the defense strategy", after specially Chen Shuibian proposed "beyond the border decisive battle" the conception, the Taiwan armed forces have established "take the spatial naval battle strength as the first combined operations" the military strategy, "the leading role" the adjustment for assisted the army from the past main action branch of armed services to battle the branch of armed services "the support role", its concrete duty also transformation was: "Profound operational, maintenance base security, responsible ground air defense, in the responsible island pacify the combat" and so on.

The army present stage founds an armed force the goal is: Battles three-dimensionally, the equipment mechanization, the direction automation. So-called "three-dimensional" is: In order to adapt the future combat condition, the reorganization land, the navigation army, enable it to have the attack, the war searches for, the surprise attack, the transport capacity, and gradually will purchase the new helicopter, will strengthen instead lands, the anti-airborne defense, the anti-armor and the airborne capacity for mobile combat, will achieve "an open area body" three-dimensional operations requirements. In addition, for guarantees the base air defense security and the army war strength integrity, completes the army existing various types missile to deploy and the performance promotes and establishes the low altitude field air defense system, by the effective maintenance air zone security, achieves "by the place air supremacy" the highest request.

So-called "the mechanization" is: Completes the army M48-H brave tiger main battle tank and the M60-A3 main battle tank year by year "the replacement arranges the reality" and various types armored vehicle performance whole improvement, and unifies the Island of Taiwan "the defense" the operational characteristic, the research and development light tank, increases 机动?the strength, the enhancement shoots controls the ability, sharpens the anti-armor operational capacity, strengthens mobile hits the impact, the adaptation maneuver combat request.

So-called "the automation" is: The positive conformity information management, refers to the tube to understand matters, the computer 兵棋 system, achieved usually strives the work management, the policy-making support, the wartime strengthening direction control, grasps the battlefield function, from the promoted information management system management system, strives refers to the tube to understand matters the system, as well as near differentiates, center, the long-distance research and development computer 兵棋 system and so on three big goals wholes plan, establishes the series which even, a wartime body policy-making management and the direction resorts to arms to gather the war strength.

At present, the military strength 80% deployment in the Island of Taiwan, sixth regiment deployed north Taiwan the area, the tenth regiment deployed in Taiwan the middle area, the eighth regiment deploys south Taiwan the area. Jinmen, Mazu, Penghu deployment military strength approximately 50,000 people. The Taiwan armed forces believed that, the penghu islands will be the People's Liberation Army military force attack Taiwan most to have the strategic point which the possibility first lands wins, therefore, Penghu's strategic status promotion will defend in the combat for Peng the most advanced post. In order to strengthen the Penghu area the protection capability, had deployed in Penghu the armored infantry travel and the artillery travel, and the Penghu army armored brigade will reorganize for the armor 503rd brigade and defends the 168th brigade.

Tank:   M-60A3, M-49H "the brave tiger" and so on battle tank 1,953, M-60A3 460, M-48H 450, the CM-12 main battle tank 100, the M48A5 tank 209, M24 "the rosy cloud flies" the light tank 325, M41 light tank 50;
Armored vehicle: Approximately 2,000, M-21 armored carrier 225, V150 "the commando unit member" armoured scout car 300, other are M113.
Tactical vehicle: "Fierce-tempered horse" more than 5,000;
Artillery: 105 millimeters above calibers artillery 1,700, 105 millimeters US standard M108 (voluntarily type) 100, US standard M101 (T - 64) 650, 155 millimeter T - 69 (voluntarily type) 45, M - 59 90, US standard M109A2 (voluntarily type) l10 gate, US standard Ml14 (T - 65) 250, 203 millimeters US standard Ml10 (voluntarily type) 60, US standard Ml15 70.
Rocket launcher: Approximately 150, 117 millimeters "worker bee" - 6 types (45 voluntarily types), 126 millimeters "worker bee" - 3 types
With "worker bee" - 4 types (40 tractor types).
Mortar: Above 1,000: 81 millimeter M - 29 (partial voluntarily types), 107 millimeter M - 30 and so on.
Has no children the recoil artillery: Above 500: 75 millimeter M - 20, 90 millimeter M - 67, 106 millimeter T - 51 and US standard M40Al.
Anti-aircraft gun: 490: 40 millimeter M - l, M - 42 (voluntarily type); 90 millimeter M - 2.
Antitank guided missile: Approximately 1,000: "Kun Wu" type, US standard "TOW" type.
Antiaircraft missile: Above 142 (antiaircraft missile 2,000): "The patriot" II missile 3 sets, prepare ball 200, the US standard "the small negligent tree" type 2, the US standard "Nike" type 40, the US standard "Hawke" type 100, "stinger", "revenge", "rainbow" - l and "rainbow" - 2 if cadre.
Airplane: 20: O - l.
Helicopter: General and attack, reconnaissance, transport helicopter 270 frames, AH-1W "the super cobra" attack helicopter 63 (have had an accident 1), the OH-58D reconnaissance helicopter 39, the O-1A3 reconnaissance helicopter 10, the UH-1H transport helicopter 118, the CH-47 medium transport aircraft 16, the TH-67 helicopter 30, CH-47SD heavy cargo aircraft 9; 
Drone: Israeli system "vicious dog" - 3.

Navy:

Taiwan navy including naval vessel army, marine corps, naval air force and shore/ship missile unit.

The navy general headquarters are the Taiwan navy's commander-in-chief institution, is located in Taibei, through navy operational chain of command, education and training system and rear service support management naval force, existing military strength approximately more than 50,000 people. Commanders in chief of the navy the subordinate supposes the fleet headquarters, the Marine Corps headquarters, the amphibious corps headquarters (above is located in Tsoying), the rear service headquarters and three is responsible to direct the naval base the military region and so on. Arranges has the destroyer fleet, the cruiser fleet, dives the ship corps, the sea mine fleet, the logistic fleet, two □□ fleets, the guided missile speedboat army, the navy air unit, the shore-based missile unit, view passes the system headquarters, the base headquarters, the marine corps brigade, the sea measured the bureau, the sea sends the center and so on.

The Taiwan navy fleet has jurisdiction by admiral, including two destroyers fleets, two landing crafts fleets, the submarine flotilla, the mine sweeping fleet, the anti-submarine fleet, the logistic fleet as well as including the northern area and south the area patrol transportation crew, the missile speedboat production brigade's 62nd task force (holds the post of daily operational service).

The military region is the Taiwan navy's main land surface organization. The Taiwan navy rests on the Taiwan sea area geography condition and the operational mission, divides for 1st, 2, 3 military regions and center the positive radical headquarters, the subordinate naval headquarters. The military area command headquarters in the area of jurisdiction are the navy highest administrative machinery. In military district commander to this governs the sea area, the naval base defense is responsible, but also is responsible to safeguard the deployment in the area of jurisdiction fleet military strength, the shore guards against the army, the institution and other military installations activities. In the military region area of jurisdiction scope navy other on land organizations receive the military area command headquarters to direct the supervision and the administration. Below the military region divides into certain military sub-regions, and is equipped with the corresponding land organization, namely base headquarters. In Wuchiu, Taungtha and Nansha are equipped with 3 to defend the area.

Navy 1st military region jurisdiction scope including Taiwan south, south China sea various islands, some 2 naval base: Tsoying and Gaoxiong. Tsoying is the Taiwan navy's parent base, the fleet and the military area command headquarters as well as marine corps, the landing fleet, the mine sweeping fleet, the missile speedboat production brigade, south the area patrol transportation crew's headquarters is located in here, moreover also has the navy colleges and universities, the hospital and the shipyard and so on. Gaoxiong is the destroyer fleet headquarters locus, also has the navy yard and so on other facilities.

2nd military region jurisdiction scope including south Penghus, Taiwan Straits; Has the Makung naval base, is the military area command headquarters locus, also is equipped with the navy colleges and universities, the hospital and the shipyard.

3rd military region jurisdiction scope including Taiwan north, north Taiwan Straits, Mazong archipelago; Has the Jilong naval base, is the military area command headquarters as well as north the area patrol transportation crew headquarters' locus.

The Taiwan navy's logistics support system is perfect, its shipbuilding industry ability definitely may satisfy the Taiwan own defense the need. At present, Taiwan altogether has size shipyard approximately 200, distributes in Gaoxiong, Jilong, Tainan, Su Aogang and so on 6 areas. These shipbuilding industry can design make each kind of large and middle scale civilian boats and a bigger military auxiliary ship. But does not have the bigger naval vessel designed capacity. As a result of the specific historical reason, Taiwan's naval vessel repair reequipment ability is stronger. Taiwan once the destroyer and the escort ship which made to World War II time US carries on the varying degree the modernized reequipment, certain performance surpassed the 1980s worlds to drive, to protect the ship the advanced level.

Marine corps. The Taiwan marine corps approximately 30,000 people, account for the Taiwan navy total number of people 1/2, by 2 seas land teacher (66th teacher and 99th teacher, separately deployed in Gaoxiong and Taibei), 1 tank battalion, 1 service group, 1 frogman team and 1 aeronautical communication production brigade and other reinforcing units composes. Its armored strength includes: 160 US standard M - 60A3 main battle tank and 700 about US standard LVT - 4/5 armored vehicle, V - 150 amphibious amphibious vehicles, M41 light tank, CM - 25 amphibious armored vehicles, SIBMAS6×6 amphibious personnel carrier and so on army vehicle. V - 150 and on the LVTP - 7 armored vehicles has installed "the TOW" type and "Kun Wu" the type antitank guided missile. In the artillery system aspect, Taiwan marine corps has provided 105 millimeter and 155 millimeters tows the artillery, M - 109A2 (155 millimeters) and M - 110A2 (203 millimeters) self-propelled the artillery; 106 millimeters recoilless guns; 60 millimeters, 80 millimeters and 120 millimeter mortars; In the antiaircraft fire aspect, installs the service to have US standard M - 42 "清道? 40 millimeters double barrel self-propelled anti-aircrafts artillery. M - 48 "small □w tree" air defense system,

Taiwan marine corps is gives advice the headquarters strategic reserves, directly gives advice the headquarters direction, take "forever is loyal" teaches, brags for "参谋本部 two as the team 铁拳". Their predecessor is the first teacher, also has "the world first teacher" the name. In the Marine Corps 60 teacher and 99 battallions, on part of personnel carriers forever is loaded with the weapon, the ammunition, the grain, so long as several minutes, the up to ten thousand armies may send out immediately. In order to follow the world standard, Taiwan marine corps mainly invites the American drillmaster to carry on the training.

The navy present stage founds an armed force the goal is: Direction management automation, naval vessel weapon missile, antisubmarine action three-dimensional. One, the coordinate association war system conformity, strengthens three spatial information electronic warfare system, the promotion three services overall air defense and the counter- system ability; Two, prepares for construction the new 代作 war naval vessel, the offshore cruiser ship and the large-scale guided missile speedboat, the composition effective control of the sea and the mobile attack water surface military strength, and enhancement counter-blockade ability; Three, prepares for construction the submarine, dives shoots the weapon, enrichment airborne anti-submarine and sweeps the mine military strength, strengthens three spatial anti-submarine and sweeps the mine operational capacity; Four, strengthens the shore-based firepower to deploy that, promotes the position defense, effectively strengthens the control of the sea ability; Five, continues entire to construct Marine Corps air defense, the anti-armor and the mechanized equipment, the strengthened rapid reaction and the combined military operation ability, the expanded control of the sea superiority.

    Mainly has 25 new escort ships, the destroyer, including:

The successful level (US "Pery" level) escort ship 7, the standard displacement 2,750 tons/full loads 4,105 tons, the plan construct 8), equips 4 associations attires "the strong wind" - 2 antis-ship missile launcher 2, the ship ground-to-air missile launching device l place ("standard" type ship ground-to-air missile 40), 3 associations attires 324 millimeters antisubmarine torpedoes launching tube 2, 76 millimeters naval guns l gate, double joint attire 40 millimeters naval guns 2, S - 70C helicopter l (may carry 2).

Legal system Kang establishes grades ("Lafayette" level) escort ship 6, the fully loaded displacement 3,500 tons, equips 4 associations attires "the strong wind" - 2 antis-ship missile launcher 2, ship ground-to-air missile 8, 76 millimeters naval guns l gate, "crowded" short range defensive weapon system, S - 70C helicopter l.

The US standard aids the positive level ("the Knox level") escort ship 8, standard displacement 3,011 tons/full loads 3,877 tons or 4,260 tons) 6, equip 8 associations attires "Arab League Si Locker" the type surface-to-underwater missile launching device l place, "harpoon" type anti-ship missile 8, double joint attire 324 millimeters antisubmarine torpedoes launching tube 2, 127 millimeters naval guns l gate, 20 millimeters "crowded" short range defensive weapon system l place, SH - 2F helicopter l.

Purchase "基德" level guided-missile destroyer 4,

Submarine 4, including:
Dutch 兰德 sailfish level submarine two: ("Pipefish" and "sea otter") the water surface displacement 2,376 tons/submarine 2,660 tons, equips 533 millimeters torpedo tubes 10 (ship 6, ship tail 4).

US standard obsolete fresh water carp level submarine two ("sea lion" and "seal") the water surface displacement 1,870 tons/submarine 2,420 tons, equips 533 millimeters torpedo tubes 6 (ship side).

Is being purchased 8 US standard new submarine at present not to be clear.

And some 27 old-style surface battleship, including
"Positive" words destroyer 13:

    - "Fuyang" the level (US standard "基林" level, "Wujin" l and 2 advanced versions, standard displacement 2,425 tons/full loads 3,500 tons) 6, the equipment "the strong wind" - the l/2 antis-ship missile launcher (a pair of association installs the l place and single shot 2), 4 associations attires "sea small negligent tree" type ship ground-to-air missile launching device l place, 3 associations attires 324 millimeters antisubmarine torpedoes launching tube 2, double joint attire 127 millimeters naval guns l 12, 76 millimeters naval guns l gate, MD500 anti-submarine
Helicopter l, l ("Shao is positive") equips 8 associations attires "Arab League Si Locker" type surface-to-underwater missile launching device I.
    - "Jianyang" the level ("Wujin" 3 advanced versions, displacement same) 7, equip SM - lMR "the standard" type ship ground-to-air missile launching device 4 (a pair of association to install with 3 associations equips 2), 8 associations attires "Arab League Si Locker" type surface-to-underwater missile launching device l place, 3 associations attires 324 millimeters antisubmarine torpedoes launching tube 2, 76 millimeters ships
Artillery l gate, 40 millimeters naval guns 2, US standard MD500 "fender" type anti-submarine warfare helicopter l.
    - "Kunyang" the level (US standard "Fletcher" level, standard displacement 2,100 tons/full loads 3,050 tons) 4, the equipment "the strong wind" - l anti-ship missile launcher 3 (3 associations install the l place and single shot 2), 4 associations attires "the sea small negligent tree" the type ship ground-to-air missile launching device l place, 3 associations attires 324 millimeters antisubmarine torpedoes launching tube 2, 24 antisubmarine rockets deep ball launching device 2, the deep ball release gear l place, brings the mine axle, double joint attire 127 millimeters naval guns 2, 76 millimeters artillery l gate.

    - "华阳" the level (US standard "萨姆? level, standard displacement 2,200 tons/full loads 2,320 tons) 2, the equipment "the strong wind" - l anti-ship missile launcher 3 - 4 (3 associations install l 12 and single shot 2), 4 associations attires "sea small negligent tree" type ship ground-to-air missile launching device l place, 3 associations attires 324 millimeters antisubmarine torpedoes launching tube 2, 24 antisubmarine rockets deep ball launching device 2, deep ball release gear l place (deep ball 9), double joint attire 127 millimeters naval guns l 12.

9 "mountain" words destroyer: The US standard "Lawrence" the level, the standard displacement 1,680 tons/full loads 2,130 tons) 5, equips 40 millimeters naval guns 4 (partial ships 6).

"Too" words picket ship 1, the US standard "rad Luo" the level, the standard displacement 1,680 tons/full loads 2,130 tons) l, equips 3 associations attires 324 millimeters antisubmarine torpedoes launching tube 2, deep ball launching device 8, deep ball release gear l place, 127 millimeters naval guns 2, 40 millimeters naval guns 2.

3 "pass" words patrol boat, 1 FPG-2 missile patrol boat;
In addition also has 9 Chinchiang level missile speedboat, standard displacement 218 tons/full loads 270 tons) 3, equipment "strong wind" - l anti-ship missile launcher 4, 76 millimeters naval guns l gate, double joint attire 30 millimeters naval guns

Small missile speedboat 53, speed boat 90:

     "Longjiang" level (standard displacement 218 tons/full loads 270 tons) 3, equipment "strong wind" - l anti-ship missile launcher 4, 76 millimeters naval guns l gate, double joint attire 30 millimeters naval guns.
    "Sea gull" level guided missile speedboat 50, fully loaded displacement 47 tons) 50, equipment "strong wind" - l anti-ship missile launcher 2, 20 millimeters naval guns l gate. ;

Each kind of minesweeper 27, german standard MWV-50 level mine hunter 4, US standard "robin" level mine sweeper 8.

    "Forever the year" the level (standard displacement 350 tons/full loads 378 tons) 4, will equip 3 associations to install antisubmarine torpedo launching tube 2, the electromagnetism, cuts, the acoustic 3 kind of sweeping gears.
    "Yongfu" the level (standard displacement 330 tons/full loads 390 tons) 4, equip the anti-submarine deep ball launching device l place, the electromagnetism, cuts, the acoustic 3 kind of sweeping gears.
    "Yongfeng" the level (fully loaded displacement 500 tons) 4, equip the anti-submarine deep ball launching device l place, 40 millimeters naval guns l gate, legal system and Italian system sweeping gear.

Amphibious command ship l.
    "Gaoxiong" the level (standard displacement 1,653 tons/full loads 4,080 tons), equip double joint attire 40 millimeters naval guns 8.

Tank landing craft 14.
    "Center the sea" the level (standard displacement 1,653 tons/full loads 4,080 tons), equip 40 millimeters double barrel and 单管naval gun each 4 (3 only equip 10 单管naval guns), 20 millimeters naval guns 2 - 4, may carry tank 16, soldier 200.
Medium landing ship 5.
    "Center" the level (standard displacement 4,790 tons/full loads 8,700 tons) dock landing craft l, equips 40 millimeters naval guns 12, may carry the utility landing craft 3 or mechanized landing craft 18.
    "Beautiful is happy" the level (standard displacement 743 tons/full loads 1,095 tons) 4, equips 40 millimeters naval guns 2, 20 millimeters naval guns 4, may carry the soldier 588 people (short range) either 206 people (long-distance) or the utility landing ship 3 membranes or mechanized landing craft 18.

Utility landing craft 22: LCU501 (fully loaded displacement 268 tons), may carry the tank 4 or soldier 100;
LCU1466 (fully loaded displacement 280 tons), may carry soldier 300.

Vehicles and personnel landing craft 120: LCVP (fully loaded displacement 12 tons), may carry soldier 36.

Mechanized landing craft 260: LCM - 6 (fully loaded displacement 55 tons), may carry the soldier 80 or tank l s
LCM - 3 (fully loaded displacement 51 tons), may carry the soldier 69 or tank l.

Patrol boat 45: "The wass anchors" the level (fully loaded displacement 143 tons) the port to patrol ship 22.

Nearshore patrol boat (fully loaded displacement 55 tons) 7.
Small speed boat (fully loaded displacement 35 tons) 16.
Auxiliary ships 20.
    "Military ? the level (standard displacement 7,700 tons/full loads 17,000 tons) fight support ship l, equips 4 associations attires "the sea small negligent tree" the type ship ground-to-air missile launching device l place, 40 millimeters naval guns 2, helicopter take off and landing platform.
    "The long life" the level (standard displacement 1,049 tons/full loads 4,150 tons) oil tanker l, equips 40 millimeters naval guns 2.
    "Reaches the clouds" the level (standard displacement 2,510 tons/full loads 3,040 tons) transport ship 2, equips 40 millimeters naval guns l gate.
    "Jade" the level (standard displacement 7,826 tons/full loads 14,490 tons) repair/salvage ship 2, equips 127 millimeters naval guns l gate.
    "Long is white" the level (standard displacement 1,850 tons/full loads 4,570 tons) oil tanker 3, equips 40 millimeters naval guns 2.
    "The cloud peak/武冈" the level (standard displacement 2,700 tons/full loads 3,200 tons) military transport ship 4, equip 40 millimeters naval guns 2, the helicopter take off and landing platform.
    "Is big ten thousand" the level (fully loaded displacement 1,675 tons) ocean-going tug 7, equips 76 millimeters and 40 millimeter naval guns each l gate.

Antisubmarine warfare aircraft 65, S-2E/T shore base fixed-winged aircraft 24, S-70C anti-submarine warfare helicopter 20, MD-500 anti-submarine warfare helicopter 9.
The shore ship "the strong wind" -1, "the strong wind" -2 missile launcher 36, prepare ball 216.

Marine corps:

Amphibious armored carrier certain: LVTP - 4, LVTP - 5.
Tows artillery certain: 105 millimeters, 155 millimeters.
Non- recoil artillery certain: 106 millimeters.

Air force:

The air force general headquarters are the Taiwan air force unit's most hich collar rate institution, is located in the Taibei benevolence road, its primary mission is founds an armed force the policy based on the Taiwan army, the principle and the military strategy, draws up the air force to construct plans and organizes to implement; The formulation antiair warfare plans, direction air force unit's combat action; Organizes each kind of technology, the service safeguard; Making training program, organization operational training. Taiwan air force now military strength more than 50,000 people, of flying unit, ground technology service safeguard army and anti-aircraft artillery force structure. The ground-to-air missile army turns over to the army to be organic.

The wing is air force's main body, the original 8 regiments, after the implementation "the fine solid document" abolished the 8th wing, reorganizes is 7 operational flights regiment, fighter aircraft regiment 6, anti-submarine transport aircraft regiment 1. In 6 fighter aircrafts regiments, 3 equip the F-16 molding machine, 1 equipment illusory image 2000-5 molding machine, 2 equip the IDF molding machine. Under the fighter aircraft regiment governs 1 flight group, 1 maintenance military supplies production brigade, 1 base service battalion; Under the anti-submarine transport aircraft regiment governs 2 transport aircrafts production brigades, 1 anti-submarine machine production brigade, 1 maintenance military supplies production brigade and 1 base service battalion. The flight group is the Taiwan air force's essential tactical division, the fighter squadron establishes airplane 18 - 22, transports the anti-submarine machine squadron to establish airplane 16. The Taiwan air force's each wing separately is stationed at base and so on peach garden, Chingchuankang, Makung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Jiayi, Tainan, Hualian, Taitung, Gaoxiong and Bingdong, the air force base is equipped with the headquarters.

The ground regiment is the Taiwan air force's technology, the service safeguard army, including the correspondence navigation tube regiment, the tactical control regiment, the meteorological regiment and the telecommunication monitor center and so on, the primary mission implements the technical service safeguard. Sungshan, Jinmen, Makung and Huadong suppose 4 headquarters, for air force in this local assistance direction, management structure. The Huadong headquarters (east referred to) to be founded in 1992, after the 8th wing abolished, its respective 8th flight group subordinated "east refers to". In July, 1998, the peach garden base was tenable "the peach garden headquarters", the 8th flight group moved in the peach garden base, subordinated to the peach garden headquarters.

The anti-aircraft artillery army mainly shoulders the Taiwan airport, the harbor, the radar site, the missile battery and command organization's air defense guard duty. The Taiwan air force is equipped with the anti-aircraft artillery security guard headquarters north, gets down supposes, middle, south, eastern part 4 security guards headquarters, 8 guards against the artillery group, gets down governs 14 to guard against the artillery camp and 11 security guards camps, altogether 109 companies. 40 millimeters guard against under the artillery camp to govern 4 - 5 anti-aircrafts artillery companies, each company equips 40 millimeters double barrel self-propelled anti-aircrafts artillery 8, 12.7 millimeters 4 anti-aircraft machines gun "house sparrow" missile launcher 4, composition "invincible force" air defense system.

In recent years, the Taiwan armed forces take the mainland as an imaginary enemy, stepped up to study "the electronic warfare", has established the corresponding organization, has set up the corresponding army. At the beginning of 2000, the air force 20th electronic warfare production brigade officially had been established, is composed by the early-warning aircraft squadron and the electronic counter- system squadron, primary equipment E-2T early-warning aircraft, EC-130H electronic countermeasure aircraft, base in Bingdong.

The Taiwan air force present stage founds an armed force the goal: Refers to the tube automation, the anti-aircraft systematization, attacks fine. One, according to the combined military operation system conformity instruction, constructs the long range to detect searches for the ability, the thorough thunder sentiment covers, the increase early warning time, strives for the surface-to-surface missile "the early early warning" and the counter- system ability; Two, continues to prepare for construction the promotion to detect searches for and the electronic warfare ability, effectively supports the operational mission; Three is the perfect air defense "fine 接战" took that, take fights the tube duplicate automation to refer to the tube system as the main center, the conformity detects according to military strength and so on machine, the early-warning aircraft, the electricity fighter plane, the high performance fighter plane and ground anti-aircraft ordnance system; Four, coordinates the new generation of fighter plane to form an army, establishes the tactical air force condition military force, carries out 制空任务, and the union allied force implements the counter-blockade, the ground defends the combat; Five, continues the conformity various types ground anti-aircraft ordnance system, promotes the combined air defense fighting efficiency.

    Existing battle airplane 510, giant transport plane 58, early-warning aircraft 4 and 1 EC-130H electronic warfare airplane. The battle airplane mainly has self-made 130 IDF "after the country" the fighter aircraft, the purchase (lost 4) from US'S 150 F-16A/B fighter aircraft and 60 France "the illusory image" 2000-5 fighter aircraft (lost 2) to compose. Other battle airplanes including 90 F-5E (C, F) fighter aircraft, AT-3 ground attacker aircraft 60, AT-3B light attack airplane 20.
Early-warning aircraft: 4, E - 2T.
Search and rescue helicopter 14: S - 70.
Transport aircraft: Approximately 100, C - l18B l, DC - 6B l, C - 47 8, 比奇 - 1,900 12, C - 130H 13, Boeing - 727 14, C - l19G 30.
Trainer aircraft: 100 frames, T - 34C 42, T - 38A 60.
Helicopter: S - 62A l, CH - 34 5.
The air-to-air missile has "the house sparrow", "the AIM - 9 sidewinders", "the rice card", "the magic", "the day sword" -1, "the day sword" -2 and so on the model.
The anti-ship missile has "the harpoon", "the strong wind", AGM - 65A "the calf" and so on.

Paramilitary forces:

Each patrol boat 50.

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