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November 2006 - Taiwan Special Weapons News

  • F-16C/D PROCUREMENT PLAN HINGES ON LONG-STALLED ARMS PACKAGE: MND CNA 28 Nov 2006 -- Taiwan's plan to buy F-16C/D jet fighters from the United States will not proceed until the 2007 defense budget plan clears the Legislative Yuan, Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesman Wu Chi-fang said Tuesday.
  • NAVY TO FOLLOW TWO-STAGE PLAN IN SUB PROCUREMENT: OFFICIAL CNA 25 Nov 2006 -- Taiwan will follow a two-stage plan in the procurement of submarines that the United States has offered to sell the island, a ranking ROC Navy official reaffirmed Saturday.
  • TAIWAN, U.S. MILITARY DIALOGUE CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY CNA 18 Nov 2006 -- An annual dialogue between the deputy defense ministers of Taiwan and the United States concluded earlier this week in Washington, D.C., with both sides reaching consensus on issues concerning arms deals, military exchanges and defense industry cooperation.
  • MILITARY PROCUREMENT PLANS BLOCKED AGAIN IN LEGISLATURE CNA 15 Nov 2006 -- The government's arms procurement plans suffered another setback Tuesday as the opposition-controlled Procedure Committee of the legislature refused to include related budget bills on the legislative agenda.
  • PREMIER RULES OUT CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT OVER ARTICLE 52 CNA 11 Nov 2006 -- The Executive Yuan will not consider for the time being seeking a Council of Grand Justices (CGJ) ruling on the constitutionality of a prosecutor's questioning of the president in connection with the "state affairs fund" case, according to Premier Su Tseng-chang.
  • TAIWAN WILL 'DEFINITELY NOT' DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS: PREMIER CNA 10 Nov 2006 -- Premier Su Tseng-chang and Defense Minister Lee Jye told the legislature Friday that Taiwan will "definitely not" develop nuclear weapons.
  • TAIWAN SENDS DELEGATION TO U.S. TO COORDINATE ARMS DEAL CNA 10 Nov 2006 -- National Defense Minister Lee Jye said Friday that his ministry has sent a delegation to the United States to coordinate with its American counterparts on matters concerning arms procurements.
  • PRESIDENT: 'IF FOUND GUILTY IN THE FIRST TRIAL, I'LL STEP DOWN' CNA 05 Nov 2006 -- President Chen Shui-bian said Sunday night that he will resign if a lower court trial finds the first lady guilty of corruption and forgery in an embezzlement case involving the disputed misuse of state affairs funds.
  • Taiwan President Denies Corruption Charges VOA 05 Nov 2006 -- As protests mount in Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian has appeared on national television to defend himself two days after he was implicated in a corruption scandal.
  • V.P., PREMIER CALL FOR DPP INTERNAL UNITY IN FACE OF CRISIS CNA 04 Nov 2006 -- Both Vice President Annette Lu and Premier Su Tseng-chang have called for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to stage a "tableau of unity" amid the current crisis over President Chen Shui-bian's alleged role in a corruption scandal.
  • DPP DEMANDS PRESIDENT GIVE CLEAR ACCOUNT ON STATE AFFAIRS FUND USE CNA 04 Nov 2006 -- The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) demanded President Chen Shui-bian Friday explain to the public his alleged role in a scandal involving the appropriation of a special state affairs fund budgeted for his discretionary use.
  • WASHINGTON EXPECTS U.S.-TAIWAN TIES TO REMAIN UNCHANGED CNA 04 Nov 2006 -- The United States expects its relations with Taiwan to continue as they are now despite the possible political ramifications deriving from an alleged corruption scandal involving ROC President Chen Shui-bian and his wife, a U.S. State Department official said Friday.
  • KMT PLANS TO INTRODUCE THIRD MOTION TO RECALL PRESIDENT NOV. 7 CNA 04 Nov 2006 -- The legislative caucus of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) announced Saturday its plan to introduce a third motion to recall President Chen Shui-bian Nov. 7.
  • FIRST LADY INDICTED ON CHARGES OF CORRUPTION CNA 03 Nov 2006 -- The Taipei Prosecutor's Office on Friday indicted first lady Wu Shu-jen and three other former and incumbent officials of the Presidential Office after a four-month investigation into alleged irregularities in the "state affairs fund" for the use of President Chen Shui-bian.
  • Taiwan President Implicated in Corruption Scandal, Wife, Aides Indicted VOA 03 Nov 2006 -- Taiwan government prosecutors have indicted the wife of President Chen Shui-bian and three presidential aides for corruption
  • NO ABNORMALITY IN TAIWAN-U.S. MILITARY EXCHANGES: MND CNA 02 Nov 2006 -- Military exchanges between Taiwan and the United States remain "business as usual" without any hitches or abnormalities, Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesman Wu Chi-fang said Thursday.
  • PRESIDENT CHALLENGES KMT CHAIRMAN OVER ARMS PROCUREMENT BILL CNA 02 Nov 2006 -- Opposition party leaders, particularly Kuomintang Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, have a responsibility to press for the passage of the long-stalled arms procurement bill, President Chen Shui-bian said Thursday.
  • BUDGET FOR BUYING ANTI-SUB PLANES, SUBMARINES PASSED CNA 01 Nov 2006 -- The legislature's defense committee rejected or cut most of the government's requests for defense spending Wednesday but agreed to refer proposed budgets for buying submarines and anti-submarine aircraft to a plenary session.
  • MND TO CLEAR MINEFIELDS ON OUTLYING ISLANDS OVER SEVEN YEARS CNA 01 Nov 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) will earmark NT$4.2 billion (US$126,506 million) over the next seven years to clear all anti-personnel minefields on the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu, a ministry official said Wednesday.
  • KIDD-CLASS DESTROYERS TO BE COMMISSIONED INTO SERVICE THURSDAY CNA 01 Nov 2006 -- Two Kidd-class destroyers are scheduled to be commissioned into service Thursday, which together with the two Kid-class destroyers delivered from the United States last December will form the backbone of the Republic of China Navy's fleet, a Navy source said Wednesday.
  • U.S. DENIES SUSPENSION OF MILITARY EXCHANGES WITH TAIWAN CNA 01 Nov 2006 -- The U.S. State Department denied Tuesday allegations that Washington has suspended some military exchange programs with Taiwan as a result of the Taiwan legislature's delay in passing an arms procurement bill.



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