F35 부품 수출　26일에 관방장관 담화

항공 자위대의 차기 주력 전투기(FX)로서 도입하는 최신예스텔스 전투기 F35A 라이트닝 2에 관해, 정부는 26일에 관방장관 담화를 발출 한다.일본제 부품을 짜넣은 기체가 주변국과의 군사적 긴장이 계속 되는 이스라엘에 수출되면 무기 수출 삼원칙에 저촉할 수도 있다고의 지적이 나와 있었지만, 담화에서는 「일본 독자적인 기술이 수출되는 것은 아니다」등으로 해서, 국제분쟁의 조장 회피라고 하는 원칙은 유지된다라는 견해를 나타낼 방향이다.

　F35의 부품 수출을 둘러싸 여당내의 조정 과정에서, 이스라엘 뿐만이 아니라, 장래적으로 대만이 일본제 부품을 사용한 F35를 도입했을 경우, 중국과의 관계가 악화될 가능성을 염려하는 소리도 일부에 있었지만, 대개 승낙되었다.이것을 받아 정부내에서는 21일부터의 아베 신조 수상의 방미를 염두에, 관방장관 담화를 19일에 낼 방향으로 조정.단지, 최종적으로는 「방미의“선물”은 되지 않는다」(정부 수뇌)이라는 판단에 기울었다.

　일·미 양정부는 양국 이외의 F35 도입국에도 미국을 통해서 일본제 부품을 제공할 방향으로 조정을 진행하고 있어, 장래적으로는 일본에 F35의 수리 거점을 마련하는 일도 시야에 넣고 있다.담화에서는 이러한 부품 제조에의 참가가 일본의 안전 보장에 이바지하는 것을 강조.공동 생산에 의한 조달 코스트의 삭감이라고 하는 이점이 있는 일도 포함시킨다.

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/130219/plc13021901380001-n1.htm

대만군이 F35의 구입을 희망하고 있는 일은 잘 알려져 있습니다.

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

대만의 군사비는 약 1조엔, 더 이상 군사비를 늘리는 것은 어렵다.

이 기사에도 써 있습니다만 F35를 구입 할 수 있었다고 해도 수를 가지런히 하는 것은 어렵겠지요.