The Biden administration said the package has been under consideration for some time and was developed in consultation with Taiwan and U.S. government and the suppliers of the defense articles, according to the agency. Other items include four AIM-9X Block II tactical Guidance Units, spare and repair parts, and technical assistance from the U.S. The proposed arms sales will include 60 AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles, four ATM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II exercise missiles, 100 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder tactical missiles, as well as logistics support for the Surveillance Radar Program (SRP), the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced in separate press statements on September 2. arms package to Taiwan approved under President Biden. government has approved three proposals to supply Taiwan with a total of US$1.1 billion worth of defense articles that include Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles - the sixth U.S. Announces $1.1 Billion Missiles Sales and Logistics Support for Taiwan Japan now has five months of oil reserves, but if the fuel cannot be delivered to the front lines, the country’s forces will lack the fuel needed to operate, he added.īuilding infrastructure to send supplies from Kyushu and the main island of Honshu also would help Japan support U.S. Tokyo will look into building port facilities and fuel tanks on islands in Okinawa, Kyushu and elsewhere, Hamada said.
Less than 10% is stored in southwestern Japan’s Kyushu and Okinawa, and the SDF lacks the shipping capacity to send enough to the area during a conflict. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) have stockpiled ammunition only enough for two months at most.
Tokyo will also consider using the site to store weapons such as standoff missiles, which are designed to be launched from outside an enemy’s defensive fire range, he added. Hamada said the first step toward realizing that goal would be the construction of a new ammunition depot on the island of Amami Oshima, which lies about 800 km to the northeast of Taiwan proper, between Kyushu and Okinawa. “We will radically strengthen the defense capabilities we need, including our capacity for sustained and flexible deployment,” he said. “To protect Japan, it’s important for us to have not only hardware such as aircraft and ships, but also enough ammunition for them,” Hamada said. Japan’s Defense Ministry sees increasing capacity on the remote Nansei chain, which stretches southwest from Kyushu to near Taiwan, as contributing to greater deterrence against China. Japan now stores around 70% of its ammunition in Hokkaido Prefecture, the country’s northernmost main island - more than 2,000 km away from a potential conflict around Taiwan. Japan will expand ammunition and fuel storage facilities on the Nansei Islands (also known as the Ryukyu Islands), Japan’s Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told Nikkei on September 6, as Tokyo seeks to better prepare for a Taiwan Strait crisis. Japan to Stockpile Munitions and Fuel on Nansei Islands Near Taiwan
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