US Transferring 2 Perry Class Frigates

[tomahawk6]

This ought to help Taiwan out.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2016/07/21/VSE-reactivating-mothballed-frigates/9851469122105/

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 (UPI) -- Two mothballed U.S. Navy frigates are to receive reactivation work from VSE Corporation for their transfer to Taiwan through the Foreign Military Sales program.

The frigates covered under the Naval Ship Transfer and Repair contract are the ex-USS Taylor and ex-USS Gary, Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels.

"Since 1995 VSE has transferred more than 48 ships to foreign governments, including the transfer of 12 ex-U.S. Navy ships to Taiwan," said Maurice "Mo" Gauthier, VSE chief executive officer, president and chief operating officer. "Our N*STAR Team is comprised of the maritime industry's best firms at providing affordable sustainment of allied fleet assets and modernizing those assets to provide mission relevance across a broad spectrum of operational needs."

 

[CougarKing]

Both the US and France have sold frigates to Taiwan in the last couple of decades.

However, what Taiwan needs the most are diesel submarines.

Most countries that have submarine technology, such as Germany and South Korea, are not going to jeopardize billions of dollars of trade links over selling subs to Taipei, which will anger Beijing. Both Germany and South Korea recognize Beijing/the mainland as the "One China" instead of Taipei. Trade between those 2 countries and China dwarfs any trade that those two have with Taiwan.

Even the US and France, who have sold Perry class frigates and Mirage fighter jets to Taiwan,  respectively, won't sell subs for the same reason.

Taiwan's 2 current active duty Zwardis/Hai Lung class subs were bought from Holland in the early 1980s just before the Dutch switched their "One China" recognition to the mainland.

Only some 20+ nations recognize Taiwan as the "One China" and most of them are banana republics like Nicaragua and Costa Rica or poor African nations like Liberia. The last country with sub technology which switched recognition from Taipei to Beijing was South Africa and they closed their doors to links to Taiwan in 1999.

China's campaign since the 1970s to isolate Taiwan diplomatically has been successful so far.

Anyways, this issue of Taiwan's need for subs has already been mentioned at this thread below:

Taiwan building indigenous subs

 

[tomahawk6]

These transfers are not sales rather than part of our military aid to Taiwan.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

But T6, considering the recent position of Taiwan in favour of the "nine-dash-line" Chinese "ownership" of the South China sea, wouldn't it have been good for the US government to exact some form of acknowledgement of freedom of navigation from Taiwan before now giving them ships?

 

[tomahawk6]

If the administration wanted to make China happy the transfer wouldnt happen at all.We dont like their South China Sea policy and this is a way to let them know.We should give the PI a couple of ships as well.