With China increasing its military power in recent years, Taiwan stood worried that Beijing might install a “full scale” invasion in 2025. Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-Cheng, faced questions of parliamentarians in the state parliament, said military tensions with China were the worst In more than 40 years – of course “the most serious” since he joined the military. He noted that there was an additional risk of “misfire” across the Taiwanese strait sensitive; And when China already has the weapons needed to take Taiwan by force, the cost of the “full scale” war for Beijing may be in 2025, when a potential invasion seems.
“For me as a military man, the urgency is right in front of me,” the news agency quoted Taiwan’s defense minister said in parliament. “In 2025, China will bring costs and friction to the lowest. It has the current capacity, but it won’t start war easily, must consider many other things.”
Chiu Kuo-Cheng, Minister of Defense, responded to the Taiwanese parliamentary committee which reviewed special military spending T $ 240 billion ($ 8.6 billion) for homemade weapons including missiles and warships.
Taiwan’s special military expenditure for the next five years will most towards naval weapons including anti-ship weapons such as land-based missile systems. Taiwan was mainly related to the recent progress made by China for the past few days when noting the number of Chinese military aircraft repeatedly flew above the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone.
During a four-day period starting last Friday, Taiwan reported nearly 150 Chinese Air Force aircraft entered the air defense zone, part of the pattern of what Taipei continued the abuse of the island.
China claims Taiwan’s democracy island as its own region and says it must be taken by force if necessary. Taiwan refused, said it was an independent country and would defend freedom and democracy in the face of Chinese aggression.
The United States, Taiwan’s main military supplier, has confirmed its “rock-solid” commitment to Taiwan and also criticized China. Beijing blamed the Washington policy to support Taiwan with weapons sales and send warships through the Taiwan Strait to increase tension.
