Editor's Foreword

428 THE MILITARY BALANCE 2010
Navy 45,000
FORCES BY ROLE
Navy 3 district; 1 (ASW) HQ located at Hualein; 1 Fleet
HQ located at Tsoying; 1 New East Coast Fleet
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
SUBMARINES • TACTICAL • SSK 4:
2 Hai Lung each with 6+ single 533mm TT each with 20+
SUT HWT
2 Hai Shih (trg only) each with 4 Single 533mm TT (aft)
each with SUT HWT, 6 (fwd) each with SUT HWT
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 26
DESTROYERS • DDG 4 Keelung (ex US Kidd) with 1
quad with 4 RGM-84L Harpoon SSM, 2 Mk 112 octuple
with 16 ASROC, 2 twin MK 26 (4 eff) eqpt with 37 SM-2
MR naval SAM, 2 127mm guns, (capacity 2 med hel)
FRIGATES • FFG 22:
8 Cheng Kung each with 2 quad (8 eff.) each with Hsiung
Feng tactical SSM, 1 Mk 13 GMLS with 40+ SM-1 MR
SAM, 2 triple ASTT (6 eff.) each with Mk 46 LWT, 1
76mm gun, (capacity 2 S-70C Defender ASW hel)
8 Chin Yang each with 1 Mk 112 octuple with ASROC/
RGM-84C Harpoon SSM, 2 Twin 324mm ASTT (4 eff.)
each with Mk 46 LWT, 1 127mm gun, (capacity 1 MD-
500 utl hel)
6 Kang Ding each with 2 quad (8 eff.) each with Hsiung
Feng tactical SSM, 1 quad (4 eff.) with Sea Chaparral
SAM, 2 triple 324mm ASTT (6 eff.) each with Mk 46
LWT, 1 76mm gun, (capacity 1 S-70C Defender ASW
hel)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 73
PTG 4 Kwang Hua each with 2 twin with Hsiung Feng II
tactical SSM (additional vessels in build)
PFM 61:
47 Hai Ou each with 2 single each with 2 Hsiung Feng
tactical SSM
12 Jinn Chiang each with 1 quad (4 eff.) with 4 Hsiung
Feng tactical SSM
2 Lung Chiang each with 4 single each with 4 Hsiung
Feng tactical SSM
PFC 8 Ning Hai
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES 12
MSC 8: 4 Yung Chuan; 4 Yung Feng
MSO 4 Aggressive (Ex US)
COMMAND SHIPS • LCC 1 Kao Hsiung
AMPHIBIOUS
PRINCIPAL AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS • LSD 2:
1 Shiu Hai (capacity either 2 LCU or 18 LCM; 360
troops) with 1 hel landing platform
1 Chung Cheng (capacity 3 LCU or 18 LCM)
LS 17
LSM 4 Mei Lo
LST 13: 11 Chung Hai (capacity 16 tanks; 200 troops); 2
Newport (capacity 3 LCVP, 400 troops)
LANDING CRAFT 290: 20 LCU; 100 LCVP; 170 LCM
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 11:
AOE 1 WuYi with 1 hel landing platform
ARS 6
AK 2 Wu Kang with 1 hel landing platform (troop tpt
capacity 1,400 troops)
AGOR 1 Ta Kuan
AGS 1
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Makung (Pescadores), Keelung, Tsoying,
Hualein, Suo
Marines 15,000
FORCES BY ROLE
Marine 3 bde
Spt some amph elm
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
AAV 204: 54 AAV-7A1; 150 LVTP-5A1
ARTY • TOWED 105mm; 155mm
AT • RCL 106mm
Naval Aviation
FORCES BY ROLE
ASW 3 sqn with 20 S-70C Defender*
MR 2 sqn with 24 S-2E Tracker; 8 S-2G Tracker
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
AIRCRAFT 32 combat capable
ASW 32: 24 S-2E Tracker*; 8 S-2G Tracker*
HELICOPTERS • ASW 20 S-70C Defender*
Air Force 55,000
Flying hours 180 hrs/year
Four Cmds: Air Cbt Comd (Air Tac Ctrl Wg; Comms & Avn
Ctrl Wg; Weather Wg); Log Comd (1st Log Depot (Pingtung);
2nd Log Depot (Taichung); 3rd Log Depot (Kangshan);
Air Defence & Security Comd; Education, Trg &
Doctrine Devt Comd
Tactical Fighter Wings
1 st (443 rd ) Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW)(Tainan ) incl 3 Tac
Ftr Gp (TFG) (1 st , 3 rd , 9 th ) with F-CK-1A/B
2 nd (499 th ) TFW (Hsinchu) incl 2 TFG (41 st , 42 nd ) with
Mirage 2000-5Di/Ei; 1 Trg Gp (48 th ) with Mirage 2000-
5Di/Ei
3 rd (427 th ) TFW (Ching Chuan Kang) incl 2 TFG (7 th , 28 th )
with F-CK-1A/B
4 th (455 th ) TFW (Chiayi) incl 3 TFG (21 st , 22 nd , 23 rd ) with
F-16A/B; 1 Air Rescue Gp with S-70C
5 th (401 st ) TFW (Hualien) incl 3 TFG (17 th , 26 th , 27 th ) with
F-16A/B; 1 Tac Recce Sqn (12 th ) with RF-16A
7 th (737 th ) TFW (Taitung) with 1 TFG (7 th ) incl 3 ftr sqn
(44 th , 45 th , 46 th (Aggressor)) with F-5E/F
Composite Wing
439 th Composite Wg (Pingtung) with 10th Tac Airlift Gp
incl 2 airlift sqn (101 st , 102 nd ) with C-130H; 1 EW Gp (20 th );
1 EW Sqn (2 nd ) with E-2T/E-2T Hawkeye 2000; 1 EW Sqn
(6 th ) with C-130HE
Airbase Commands
Sungshan Air Base Comd incl Spec Tpt Sqn with Beech
1900C, Fokker 50; Presidential Flt Sect with Boeing 737,