The Air Force has compiled a total budget of 47.08073 billion yuan for the "F-16 long-range precision weapon acquisition case", deducting the "F-16 long-range precision weapon" announced today NT$34.457416694, There is still a quota of 12.6 billion yuan. The military believes that it should wait for the United States to agree to sell another long-range precision strike weapon to Taiwan, that is, the AGM-158 long-range air-to-ground missile with a range of 370 kilometers, and a longer range. Extended range AGM-158 missile (range up to 1000 km).

(Picture: Lockheed Martin website, synthesized by this newspaper)

[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] The Ministry of National Defense today announced the purchase of 3 types of missiles including the "F-16 long-range precision weapon". The total purchase amount of similar missiles reached NT$45,115,172,450, and all of them will be deployed at the Air Force Taitung Base after delivery to Taiwan, which will greatly enhance the long-range air, sea, and ground combat capabilities of the F-16V fighter force. .

Today, the Ministry of National Defense announced the contents of the latest contract signed by Taiwan and the US military in three announcements, including: "F-16 aircraft long-range precision weapons" for NT$34,457,416,694, "F-16 aircraft anti-ship weapons" It is NT$8,263,692,462, and NT$2,394,063,292 for the "F-16 mechanism air weapon".

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"F-16 machine-made air weapons" refers to the 100 "AIM-9X" Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, 4 sets of tactical guidance components and other related equipment that the United States agreed to sell to Taiwan. "Weapons" are 60 "AGM-84L-1" Harpoon anti-ship missiles, 4 training missiles and other related equipment.

As for the "F-16 aircraft long-range precision weapon", the Ministry of National Defense has not clearly announced which projects. It is rumored within the military that it may purchase additional AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles, as well as newly purchased AGM-154 glide bombs and AGM-84H Extended range land attack missiles, etc.

The Ministry of National Defense also mentioned in the "Five-Year Force Reconstruction and Policy Plan Report" that the national army's "long-range strike" weapon project includes the acquisition of F-16 fighters AGM-84H air-to-sea and AGM-88B air-to-surface anti-radiation Missiles, AGM-154C long-range remote attack precision ammunition and other weapons.

According to the Air Force's annual budget book, the Air Force has compiled a total budget of 47.08073 billion yuan by 2027, which will be used for the "F-16 long-range precision weapon acquisition case."

The Air Force explained that this is based on the national military's strategic concept of "solid defense, multiple layers of deterrence" and the concept of "joint air control" in the national defense report. Facing the powerful military threat of the CCP and the development of future war patterns, it is planning to purchase long-range Precision weapons can effectively paralyze higher-threatening targets and weaken the enemy's air defense capabilities, so as to facilitate the follow-up combat use and combat effectiveness of main fighters.

The Air Force has compiled a total budget of 47.08073 billion yuan for the "F-16 long-range precision weapon acquisition case", deducting the "F-16 long-range precision weapon" announced today NT$34.457416694, There is still a quota of 12.6 billion yuan. The military believes that it should wait for the United States to agree to sell another long-range precision strike weapon to Taiwan, that is, the AGM-158 long-range air-to-ground missile with a range of 370 kilometers, and a longer range. Extended range AGM-158 missile (range up to 1000 km).

my country continues to purchase various types of "F-16 long-range precision weapons" from the United States. The Ministry of National Defense has not clearly announced which projects. It is rumored within the military that it may purchase additional AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles and new purchases of AGM-154 Gliding bombs, AGM-84H extended-range land attack missiles, etc.

As for the AGM-158 missile, the U.S. has not announced whether it agrees to sell it.

(File photo, tabulated by reporter Tu Jumin)

The Ministry of National Defense announced today that the purchase of three types of missiles including the "F-16 long-range precision weapon" has been signed by the military delegation in the United States and the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Amounting to NT$45.117245 billion, all of them will be deployed at the Air Force Taitung Base after delivery to Taiwan, which will greatly enhance the F-16V fighter force's long-range air control, sea control and ground combat capabilities.

The picture shows the "F-16 long-range precision weapon" case, the amount is NT$34,457,416,694.

(Picture: Taken from the Government Electronic Procurement Network)