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Taiwan Ministry of National Defense released pictures of Chinese bases yesterday, hoping to stimulate public support for that dog of an arms package (HINT: You can increase public support by eliminating the useless submarines and asking for attack aircraft and even more Patriots). A sample:
Of particular concern, the MND examined a military base set up on Dahuo Island in the southern province of Guangdong in September 2004 that bore an uncanny resemblance to the air force base on Kinmen, a Taiwan-held island just some ten kilometers offshore from China's Fujian Province.
The photos of Dahuo Island taken at that time showed an airport with oil tanks and mock-ups of two U.S.-built F16 fighter jets, which Taiwan's military has, but China's doesn't, said Liu.
Moreover, a picture of the same island weeks later showed the dummy planes and one oil tank destroyed. Liu said China had fired missiles at the targets on Dahuo but had missed the second oil tank.
In the latest photo of Dahuo taken in November 2005, large-sized shell craters were identified on airplane runways at the base.
"These shell craters suggest the Chinese military has obtained high-accuracy weapons that are capable of taking out Taiwanese military airports," said an unidentified military intelligence analyst from the MND.
[Taiwan] [China]
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i have my spot picked out already, high up in Hsinchu, so i can pick those bastards off, one-by-one as they land on the shore.
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