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TAIWAN \u2014\u00a0China’s military modernization effort\u00a0continues to drive defense procurement\u00a0in Asia as Beijing\u00a0develops\u00a0as Beijing\u2019s military modernization effort goes into overdrive with the development of<\/span>new <\/span>fifth-generation fighter aircraft, procures the procurement of <\/span>Russian Su-35 fighter <\/span>aircraft, builds the fielding and building of <\/span>aircraft carriers, extendsions in<\/span>\u00a0the range and punch of its ballistic missile force, a serious <\/span>pushes to dominate the South China Sea, and threatens\u00a0to invade Taiwan and occupy the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“China’s increased militarization of the South China Sea, and its growing animosities with Japan, are driving many in the region to think about procuring additional firepower as a hedge against a more powerful and aggressive China,” said Richard Bitzinger, senior fellow and coordinator of the Military Transformations Program at Singapore’s Rajaratnam School of International Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China\u2019s traditional numerical superiority is now also <\/span>increasingly complemented by at least near technical equivalence with its main regional rivals, said Douglas Barrie, senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Chengdu J-10 and Shenyang J-11 and the Russian Su-35 will provide the basis of a capable of <\/span>fighter combat inventory in the 2020s,” he said.\u00a0“Top tier air forces will face challenges and choices in balancing investing in platforms able to be operated in highly contested airspace or increasingly relying on standoff weapons and systems.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional Procurements and requirements in <\/span>responses to China\u2019s bellicose behavior and North Korea\u2019s erratic threats to develop missiles and nuclear weapons\u00a0include midlife upgrades to F-16 fighter aircraft in South Korea, Taiwan\u00a0and Singapore, the development of new indigenous fighter aircraft, such as Korea\u2019s KF-X program and Japan\u2019s stealth X-2 Shinshin fighter, and upgrades of indigenous fighters, such as Taiwan\u2019s Indigenous Defense Fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitzinger said some countries are naturally worried a more modernized Chinese Air Force, especially its missile forces, could severely damage take out <\/span>air bases or destroy severally damage <\/span>them. This has led to requirements for and procurements of <\/span>short takeoff\/vertical landing aircraft such as the F-35B fighter, refurbished AV-8 Harriers\u00a0and V-22 Osprey transports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F-35B is now being procured by Australia, Japan and South Korea, with expected purchase procurement <\/span>by Singapore in the not-too-distant future. Taiwan has also requested the F-35B, but for political reasons related to Beijing\u2019s lobbying efforts in Washington, this might be impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US denied Taipei\u2019s procurement requests for Block 50\/52 F-16C\/D fighters to replace aging Mirage 2000 and F-5 fighters, and analysts doubt Washington would anger China by releasing a more advanced fifth-generation stealth fighter, like the F-35.\u00a0Lightening. <\/span>Instead, US government sources indicate Taiwan will be offered refurbished AV-8 Harrier jump jets to fulfill the vertical requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vertical requirement in all four countries is in response to China\u2019s growing arsenal of sophisticated <\/span>ballistic missile <\/span>and cruise missiles. \u00a0arsenal, which is growing in sophistication and punch. <\/span>In the Taiwan scenario, China has allocated about\u00a01,400 short-range ballistic missiles to pulverize air bases, destroy command-and-control nodes\u00a0and eliminate ground-based air defense batteries. The only option to maintain a credible air power deterrence is the <\/span>procurement of either the F-35B or refurbished AV-8s, which can be hidden inside Taiwan\u2019s mountainous interior.\u00a0The same threat scenario applies for air bases in South Korea and Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

China\u2019s threat to offshore islands has also created an interest in vertical landing aircraft capable of transporting troops and supplies long distances at high speeds. The tiltrotor Bell\/Boeing V-22 Osprey is on order by the Japanese military, and South Korea and Singapore have expressed interest. As a demonstration of regional interest, <\/span>The Osprey will be on display at the Singapore Airshow from Feb. 16-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ballistic missile threats from not just China, but North Korea, have expanded interest in requirements and procurements of <\/span>ground-based air defense missile systems, including the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system for South Korea and new Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) batteries\u00a0for Japan and Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiwan has <\/span>recently installed an advanced long-range early warning radar along its west coast that can peer deeply into China\u2019s interior and monitor not only missiles\u00a0but the activity of\u00a0also <\/span>fighter aircraft.\u00a0Japan has been beefing up its signal intelligence (SIGINT) and radar facilities along the Ryukyu Island chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiwan has one of the most advanced SIGINT networks in the world, with a joint US National Security Agency (NSA) and Taiwan National Security Bureau (NSB) high-frequency\/direction-finding antenna facility on Yangmingshan Mountain, just north of Taipei, at Pingtun Li, <\/span>and NSB antenna farms in Linkou in the north and Betel Nut Village in the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A retired NSA source who that <\/span>worked at Pingtun Li said the US gathers about 70 percent of its signal intelligence on China from Taiwan facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense News will cover be covering the Singapore Airshow , slated for February 16-21, and <\/span>Air show officials indicate that by 2018, defense budgets across the Asia-Pacific are expected to grow\u00a0by more than\u00a019 percent to about $612 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Rapidly\u00a0developing Asia Pacific nations increasingly place the budget emphasis on procurement and R&D shaping the region as a key defense market and a domain in defense technology, innovation and defense technology.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aircraft expected to attend in attendance at this year’s airshow include the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter, Singapore’s F-16 fighter and F-15SG fighters, AH-64D Apache helicopters, the Dassault Rafale fighter, the Su-30MKM fighter, Airbus A400M\u00a0and the V-22 Osprey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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