Ｆ３５部品輸出 ２６日にも官房長官談話
航空自衛隊の次期主力戦闘機（ＦＸ）として導入する最新鋭ステルス戦闘機Ｆ３５Ａライトニング２に関し、政府は２６日にも官房長官談話を発出する。日本製部品を組み込んだ機体が周辺国との軍事的緊張が続くイスラエルに輸出されれば武器輸出三原則に抵触しかねないとの指摘が出ていたが、談話では「日本独自の技術が輸出されるわけではない」などとして、国際紛争の助長回避という原則は維持されるとの見解を示す方向だ。
Ｆ３５の部品輸出をめぐっては与党内の調整過程で、イスラエルだけでなく、将来的に台湾が日本製部品を使ったＦ３５を導入した場合、中国との関係が悪化する可能性を懸念する声も一部にあったものの、おおむね了承された。これを受け、政府内では２１日からの安倍晋三首相の訪米を念頭に、官房長官談話を１９日にも出す方向で調整。ただ、最終的には「訪米の“お土産”にはならない」（政府首脳）との判断に傾いた。
日米両政府は両国以外のＦ３５導入国にも米国を通じて日本製部品を提供する方向で調整を進めており、将来的には日本にＦ３５の修理拠点を設けることも視野に入れている。談話ではこうした部品製造への参画が日本の安全保障に資することを強調。共同生産による調達コストの削減といった利点があることも盛り込む。
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/130219/plc13021901380001-n1.htm
台湾軍がＦ３５の購入を希望している事は良く知られています。
Taiwan Sends Mixed Message on Fighters
TAIPEI - Comments made by Taiwan"s Air Force chief of staff have confused the issue over whether Taiwan actually wants F-16s.
On May 13, Air Chief Ger Hsi-hsiung told members of the legislature that F-16s would meet Taiwan"s immediate requirements, but the F-16 lacks the stealth and short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) capabilities that will be needed in the future.
When asked by the legislature to identify the fighter better suited to meet Taiwan"s long-term needs, Ger identified the F-35B Lightening II.
Taiwan first requested 66 new F-16C/D Block 50/52 fighters from the United States in 2006, but Washington has been hesitant to release the aircraft due to pressure from China.
Ger"s response sends the wrong signal to Washington at a time when the government is pushing hard for the release of F-16s, said a Taiwan defense official.
"He is downplaying the utility of the F-16 and that the F-16 is not appropriate for our future needs." The result is "confusion at a time when there should be one voice on the F-16 procurement," he said.
Taiwan"s Air Force faces 1,300 short-range ballistic missiles and a Chinese land-based air defense network that can target aircraft over the northwestern portion of the island. Runways are expected to be destroyed within the first salvo of ballistic missiles. Therefore, the Air Force has a requirement for a stealthy fighter with STOVL capabilities that can operate from damaged runways and avoid Chinese radar.
Taiwan had looked at procuring used Boeing AV-8B Harriers to fill the STOVL requirement, but the matter was dropped when the F-35s became an option.
A Taiwan defense analyst said the F-35 would give Taiwan control of the air at a tactical and even at a strategic level that it has not had since the 1980s. The F-35 would also enhance survivability against ballistic missile attack and radar targeting by China.
Though Ger acknowledged it was government policy to pursue procurement of new F-16s, the fighters do not "satisfy" the Air Force requirements. He said Chinese fighters can cross the Taiwan Strait in five-to-seven minutes, leaving little time to react.
Ger"s comments are not new. Taiwan submitted a letter of intent (LoI) to the U.S. Department of Defense in 2002 requesting a briefing on the F-35, which was subsequently granted.
"Strikes on Taiwan airbases would neutralize existing aircraft due to their inability to perform short take-offs and landings," the LoI said. "Requirement: capability to engage enemy forces from air, after initial strikes against conventional ROCAF [Republic of China Air Force] airbases render the bases temporarily inoperative. Our forces are designed to absorb an initial strike and provide a full defense from ongoing air attacks from the PRC [People"s Republic of China]."
A Taiwan government adviser said the military will be "lucky to afford" new F-16s, let alone more expensive F-35s. He said the military budget was shrinking at the same time it was taking delivery of $13 billion worth of new arms and equipment from the United States.
He doubts the military can afford the new arms and a costly streamlining and reorganization program now underway. The military is moving from conscription to a volunteer military within the next five years. It is also decreasing the number of personnel and consolidating commands.
Arms in the pipeline include 60 UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, 30 AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, 12 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, two Osprey minesweepers and more than 300 Patriot PAC-3 missile systems.
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20100514/DEFSECT01/5140307/Taiwan-Sends-Mixed-Message-on-Fighters
台湾の軍事費は約１兆円、これ以上軍事費を増やすのは難しい。
この記事にも書いてありますがＦ３５を購入出来たとしても数を揃えるのは難しいでしょうね。
