TAIPEI - A senior Taiwanese Defense official said the island mass production of a long-range cruise missiles, the Mainland of Chinese cities, an announcement could reach, started the unresolved military rivalry between Taiwan and China despite great progress in the political and economic relations with highlights.
Comments by Chao Shih-Chang, a Taiwanese Deputy Defense Minister confirm Chichun a cruise missile that military analysts say that strike has ability well within China's speculation that the island of Hsiungfeng designed 2E, years also called. Such a move would be significant because it would Taiwan goes beyond its long-term strategy of preparation any Chinese military attack where Taiwan road block and development of a retaliatory measures of the ability to mainland China.
Taiwan Government been moved since the election 2008 President to facilitate relations with China Ma Ying-jeou and the Kuomintang, or nationalist party with a series of directives designed to bring the two sides economies closer together.
But China's Government, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, not the ability to use military force, moving the autonomous island becomes excluded formalize its independence in the future. And China to more than 1,000 of ballistic missiles on the island to objectives to USA and Taiwan officials.
Mr. Chao, conversation with Taiwan legislators on Wednesday, said that "Mass production" "smoothly the Chichun and the Chuifeng, a cruise anti-ship missile, which is also called the Hsiungfeng 3". Mr. Chao give no details about the amount of the missiles, the Government's plans to produce or in the field of missiles.
China's Government granted no answer to Mr Chao's statement. In the past it complained military U.S. support on the island.
Lin Yu-fang, a KMT legislators which Member of the National Defence Committee of the legislature, said senior Taiwan has no intention of someone threaten to Hsiungfeng-2e. Mr Lin said he sees no contradiction between Taiwan's relationship with China stabilize and continue to the island to fight skills to develop.
"We must be pragmatic, will take it to remove China, the rockets to convince" said Mr Lin. "But I think finally Beijing will come to realize that remove the rockets will be in your best interest, it will help to promote your image as a great power in East Asia."
Mr Lin also said he believed that the timing of the Lord of Chao's comments that came in a planned military budget review nothing had to do with recent military tension between North and South Korea, and their respective allies, China and the USA
Under the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act is the United States obliged to sell weapons to Taiwan for his defence. Washington has, but still advanced weapons systems has requested Taiwan military including Taiwan F-16 c / D fighters approve sell of some. Since Taiwan "all required systems for this country can depend on the United States for purchase, we have arms to develop some systems," Mr said Lin.
-Mason Wu in Taipei contributed to this article.
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