US - PRC - ROC | REPORTS | 3/1 - 3/31 2024

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New month. Please continue reports here.

 

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Japan plans more bomb shelters for outlying islands amid ‘growing concern’ over China-Taiwan tensions​

Japan plans more bomb shelters for outlying islands amid ‘growing concern’ over China-Taiwan tensions

The Japanese government recently revealed plans to build bomb shelters on the outer islands of Okinawa prefecture. This decision came as tensions rise

insiderpaper.com

 

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Taiwan security agencies believe China is using two fishermen's deaths in a coast guard chase to advance its 'gray zone' tactics against Taiwan, referring to coercive or aggressive state actions that stop short of open warfare.
@OutFrontCNN

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1763739367665811664

 

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US Green Berets reportedly permanently based in Taiwan for 1st time​

US Green Berets reportedly permanently based in Taiwan for 1st time | Taiwan News | Mar. 2, 2024 18:37

American military advisors stationed in Army amphibious bases in Kinmen and Penghu | Mar. 2, 2024 18:37

www.taiwannews.com.tw

 

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US Green Berets reportedly permanently based in Taiwan for 1st time | Taiwan News | Mar. 2, 2024 18:37

American military advisors stationed in Army amphibious bases in Kinmen and Penghu | Mar. 2, 2024 18:37

www.taiwannews.com.tw

More Info

U.S. Defense Officials have reportedly decided to Expand the Special Operations Forces Liaison Element (SOFLE) within Taiwan, as several Teams of Green Berets with the 1st Special Forces Group, 2nd Battalion, Alpha Company will soon or have already arrived at Amphibious Bases used by the Taiwanese Army on the Islands of Penghu and Kinmen which is only roughly 6 Miles from the Chinese Mainland; these Teams will work towards the Training of Taiwanese Special Forces on the Tactics and Equipment of Western Forces, while also assisting in the planning of Defending the Taiwanese Islands against an eventual Chinese Invasion.

The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense have Refused to Officially Confirm or Deny this Deployment.

US Green Berets reportedly permanently based in Taiwan for 1st time | Taiwan News | Mar. 2, 2024 18:37

American military advisors stationed in Army amphibious bases in Kinmen and Penghu | Mar. 2, 2024 18:37

www.taiwannews.com.tw

 

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China trying to 'normalize' military drills near Taiwan: top security official

TAIPEI – Taiwan's top security official told parliament on Monday that China runs "joint combat readiness patrols" near the democratic island every 7-10 days on average, saying Chinese forces were trying to "normalize" drills near Taiwan.

China has in recent years stepped up military activities near Taiwan, with almost daily incursions into the island's air defense identification zones and regular "combat readiness patrols" that included drills by its air and naval forces.

China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the island's strong objections.

Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen said Beijing usually dispatches around 10 warplanes and three to four naval ships on joint patrols near Taiwan, calling them part of a "multifront" effort that also includes economic coercion and misinformation campaigns to pressure the island.

China trying to 'normalize' military drills near Taiwan: top security official

China runs 'joint combat readiness patrols' near the democratic island every 7-10 days on average, Taiwan's National Security Bureau chief said.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

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Taiwan thanks Biden for historic US$100M in military aid request

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Tuesday (March 12) thanked the White House for making a standalone request for military assistance to Taiwan in next year's budget request for the first time in history.

In a press release, MOFA said that U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2025 Fiscal Year Budget Request released on Monday (March 11) included a historic standalone request of US$100 million (NT$3.14 billion) for Taiwan military assistance. If approved by Congress, this fund would be utilized through Foreign Military Financing channels to purchase weaponry.

Deputy Secretary of State for Management & Resources Richard Verma on Monday called the budget request "a historic investment in Taiwan’s military." He said this is the first time the White House has included a specific line item for Taiwan.

Taiwan thanks Biden for historic US$100M in military aid request | Taiwan News | 2024-03-13 16:31:00

MOFA lauds Biden's emphasis on peace and stability across Taiwan Strait, concrete actions | 2024-03-13 16:31:00

www.taiwannews.com.tw

 

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US DOD Missile Defense Agency Halo2 departed Guam and Halo51 departed PHNL Honolulu

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769134541262749928

Not sure if this was scheduled or planned. Probably is though.

 

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Taiwan stands as major line of defense against global war with China, critical for US security​

Taiwan 'shockingly' vital for US security​

Taiwan stands as major line of defense against global war with China, critical for US security

Taiwan stands as last line of defense against Chinese hegemony across Asia, U.S. security and the threat of a global war, warns a China expert from the Heritage Foundation.

www.foxnews.com

 

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NEW: The Japanese government plans to better protect the public in an emergency, such as a contingency in Taiwan. Officials have decided on a basic policy for building new shelters in parts of Okinawa Prefecture, and improving other evacuation facilities nationwide. - NHK

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773819238844686657

Japan plans 2-week shelters on islands near Taiwan

TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Friday revealed guidelines for building shelters on southwestern Okinawa islands designed to protect citizens for roughly two weeks in the event of a military crisis involving Taiwan.

The central government will pay for designing and construction of emergency evacuation facilities in Okinawa prefecture's Sakishima islands.

Communities accessible only by aircraft or ship will qualify. They will have to draw up and publicize evacuation plans for all residents and hold joint drills with central and prefectural governments. The central government has identified five Sakishima communities as meeting the requirements, and will begin negotiations soon.

The Cabinet Secretariat will help design the facilities while the Ministry of Defense will provide funding for construction in the cities of Ishigaki and Miyakojima as well as the town of Yonaguni, all of which host Self-Defense Forces bases.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency will pay for shelters in the town of Taketomi and the village of Tarama, which do not have any SDF bases.

Shelters will be constructed under new public buildings and designed to house evacuees for roughly two weeks.

They will have electricity and communications equipment, as well as a daily 3 liters of water and other supplies per person. Each evacuee will have about 2 sq. meters of space. Exterior walls will be made of more than 30 centimeters of reinforced concrete.

Japan plans 2-week shelters on islands near Taiwan

Central government to pay for facility construction for military emergency

asia.nikkei.com

@DEFCON Warning System @RiffRaff maybe tweet worthy?

 

[Publius]

Sound a lot like baby bomb shelters. Is Japan expecting problems in Okinawa?
The CCP are fools, absolute fools. They leveraged their economy and manufacturing exports to where they could have be a world player and continued to expand their influence. But instead they followed the path of expansionism and domination.

It will be to costly for them and only cause smaller nations to turn away from them. See the nations of Europe backing away from them. Their farming plantations in Africa fail for the most part. And in general most nations of the world look on them with distrust.
If they had simply followed the lead of international affairs in Asia they could have easily been a partner and major influencer in Asia economies.

Russia and China seek to replace the world order by becoming modern colonizers in Ukraine and Taiwan. You can say well the west is just using Ukraine and Taiwan as proxies and milking them economically.
If that is in-fact the case and so egregious then why the hell does it take the use of or threat or actual force to push back against the US and the west.

The US has indeed made errors in its foreign policies and actions the last twenty years. But just like terrorism be it a group or a nation the use of force to replace a nation is relied upon because their religious or lack of and economic policies are rejected by the other. So these nations or ideological or religious groups resort to violence to force their will.
And yes it is exactly the same mistake the US made in Afghanistan and Iraq. Not all nations are ready or want a democratic system. But our failures do not preclude ignoring it when Russia or China are doing the same thing.

I got long winded there and went on a tangent, apologies.

 

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General disaster shelters. Not nuclear shelters.

 

[NuclearID]

General disaster shelters. Not nuclear shelters.

Well you can have shelters or bomb shelters that are not "fallout proof" but purposed for war. But yes given Japan's history of natural disaster isn't a bad idea to have shelters in remote locations like islands to have a safe place for a couple of weeks for its citizens to protect themselves.