(Reporter Wang Jionghua/Taipei reported) The Ministry of National Defense sent the 2023 defense budget to the Legislative Yuan today (31st). After the implementation was continued, the Ministry of National Defense actually downgraded the construction of a “new generation of light missile frigates” of 2,000 to 2,500 tons with the original budget, which became the latest military investment drama of the Ministry of Defense.
It is understood that the Navy originally planned to build a new generation of 4,500-ton frigates under the “Zhenhai Case”, but the scientific research of the “Xunlian Project” developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences was submitted to the budget due to the delay in progress, which made the Zhenhai case unable to continue. However, since the PLA military exercise around Taiwan exposed the old and insufficient warships of the national army, it is urgent to build 2,500-ton warships to make up for the combat power. Therefore, the case of “new generation light frigates” was specially proposed, and at least 8 ships were built to make up for it. At present, 24,549,162,000 yuan has been compiled for maritime combat power, and the construction of a new generation of light frigates – the second stage of two prototype ships is planned to be completed in 2026.
The Navy stated in the budget proposal that the construction of the newly built “New Generation Light Cruiser-Phase 2 Prototype Ship” will be built through the construction of the “New Generation Light Cruiser”, which will continue to drive the domestic shipbuilding industry and implement the national shipbuilding policy. Continue the Navy’s design and manufacturing management capabilities, lay the foundation for the Navy’s future combat planning, and establish and preserve autonomous defense technology capabilities. The navy said that the new project will build a new generation of light frigates with capabilities such as battlefield management, domain air defense, anti-submarine, surface warfare and electronic warfare. With the current main operations, it will improve the three combat capabilities of the fleet’s air defense, submarine and missiles, and improve the battlefield survival rate. , strengthen the overall joint naval combat power.
The Air Force will purchase the F-16V (BLK70) IFFIC interrogation machine next year.The picture shows the F-16V fighter file photo
In terms of the Air Force budget, the Air Force will implement a “Construction Project of Aircraft Conceptual Design Analysis System” from next year to carry out conceptual design for the self-designed new-generation fighter. The plan is to spend more than 49.5 million yuan. The conceptual design of the main systems of the fighter aircraft shows that the Air Force Command has not given up the idea of trying to develop a new generation of fighter aircraft by itself.
In addition, the Air Force will spend more than 16332 yuan in the budget proposal to prepare a new procurement plan for the “F-16V (BLK70) IFFIC Query and Encryption Machine”, which will be completed in 2026 in line with the procurement schedule for the U.S. fighter jets. Installation of the identification friend or foe system. The Air Force also pointed out in the explanation that the purchase of the “F-16V (BLK70) IFFIC cipher machine” is in response to the increasingly severe electronic warfare environment. The system can encrypt the transmission of inquiry and response signals. During combat training missions, the system can be used to identify the identity of the enemy or the enemy. It also allows various air force platforms and weapon systems to perform real-time identification of the enemy or the enemy in the electronic warfare environment. The clear code was cracked and counterfeited by the enemy and misjudged the situation. The total cost of the whole case is 163.32 million yuan, which will be included in the annual compilation from 2023 to 2026.
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