Taiwan netizen: "Spend money to buy a bunch of weapons from the United States, just this kind of combat power."
On the second morning of 2020, Taiwan, the Black Hawk fell. This is not the first time that the
American-made "Black Hawk" helicopter has fallen in Taiwan. But the most striking thing about this accident was the senior members of the Taiwan military in the helicopter.
Among them, Taiwan’s "Chief of Staff" Shen Yiming appeared on the death list.
This is the real power figure of the Taiwan military. Some people say that he may be one of the current Taiwanese military generals who knows best about fighting the mainland.
In fact, this wrecked UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter is a "American artifact" that the Taiwan military has always been very proud of. After the
crash, a Taiwanese netizen finally couldn't help complaining on the PTT forum: "How can American dad sell this to us."
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The Wulai area is located at the southern end of New Taipei City, on the border with Yilan.
There are many mountains and forests here, and in winter, it is always humid, cold, and foggy.
On the second day of the New Year, a Black Hawk helicopter took off from Taipei Songshan Airport. The senior military officials on the helicopter were preparing for the New Year's condolences plan.
"The weather is not abnormal." This was the last sentence from the Black Hawk helicopter.
8:22 minutes, it disappeared under radar surveillance. It was only 37 minutes before it took off. The rescue photos released by the
authority later showed that the main part of the helicopter was distorted in the misty forest, and the wings were almost broken into pieces. Dozens of rescuers are searching for survivors in this pile of debris.
A surviving officer said to rescuers with lingering fear: “There are still two or three people stuck in the cockpit making sounds.” A few hours later, Taiwan’s “Ministry of National Defense” confirmed that 8 people died and 5 survived. The victims included an "admiral" and two "major-general ". Among them, the most important were "Taiwan military chief" and "Chief of Staff" Shen Yiming.
Tsai Ing-wen said that this was "the highest-level general in history who died on duty." The DPP announced that it would suspend electoral campaigns for three days.
A day ago, Taiwan had just passed the "Reverse Osmosis Law", and nine days later, Taiwan will have a "presidential" election. The crash of
is a tragedy, and vaguely like a metaphor-the "black eagle" flying from the United States fell into the misty mountain forest at this time.
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"He may be one of the people in Taiwan who knows land warfare best." Someone at
described Shen Yiming this way. When
was still the "Air Force Commander", one of his important roles was to "strengthen the contact and communication with the US Indo-Pacific Command." Although he has just taken over as the "Chief of Staff" only half a year ago, the 62-year-old Shen Yiming is a powerful figure in the Taiwan military.
His experience most often mentioned by the media is that went to the Middle East to perform secret missions when he was an F-5 fighter pilot of the Taiwan Air Force in his early years. For a year, Shen Yiming, as a member of the military cooperation plan between Taiwan and Saudi Arabia, was sent to North Yemen to perform secret missions.
Shen Yiming is the only Taiwanese active duty member who has participated in this mission. In addition, he was also the "seed" instructor of the first batch of "Phantom-2000" fighters in Taiwan. He went to France and the United States for driving training and flew three main fighters of the Taiwan Air Force. A military expert told Sister Nao that the main imaginary target of the Taiwan military is the People's Liberation Army. Taiwan military personnel have been thinking about this throughout their lives. Shen Yiming must be able to achieve this position. He must be outstanding in the Taiwan military. His death will cause heavy losses to Taiwan military combat training.
As soon as the news of his crash in the "Black Hawk" came out, Taiwanese netizens immediately exploded. Someone at
was shocked: "The Chief of Staff is a real head of the army..." "Isn't the Black Hawk just bought it for a long time? Should I check it out?" Some people at
may have a guilty conscience: "The reverse osmosis method has passed, and suddenly fell. It’s so weird!” “Is this a conspiracy of a espionage? The chief of staff is very big...”
More people expressed concern about the combat effectiveness of the Taiwan army: “TaiwanWith this kind of combat power, do you really dare to fight against the mainland? "" "The mortality rate is very high without fighting. "" "Spend money to buy a bunch of weapons from the United States, just this kind of combat power. ""
Someone also said: "Tsai Ing-wen's political achievement is +1. Some analysts at
told Sister Nao that the crash may have a negative impact on Tsai Ing-wen’s election campaign. “If the DPP wants to play any tricks when the election is fierce, I’m afraid after this incident. The operating space for this is relatively small. "
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Many people will be curious. What caused the Taiwan military’s "Black Hawk fall"?
military experts told Brother Dao that the investigation results have not yet come out. We are not easy to make judgments, but there are a few points. Sure, the Black Hawk is a plane just bought by the Taiwan military. It must be a well-trained person flying the plane. The weather is very good, the distance is very close, there are many important people on the plane, and it must be the best pilot with the best voyage. Plan the best and guarantee the most thorough route calculations. With these four “mosts”,
finally had such an accident. Of course, it can explain the problems of Taiwan military training and management from one side.
only has more than 80 For the distance of kilometers, first of all, there may be problems with the selection of planned routes, secondly, there may be problems with the departure time, and there may be loopholes in air traffic control. If it is an aircraft failure, then the high probability is maintenance problems and aircraft failure inspection problems.
experts said, Because this is a very mature model, an old model and a new aircraft, it has been installed for 40 years, and the US military is still improving it, which shows that the reliability is very high. If it is a local micro-weather problem, it means that it is a flight monitoring. As well as the level of organization and command. There is also that the pilots are too powerful and did not follow the operation manual. This is a management problem. These can already fully explain the problem. This expert believes that this matter is very serious. Only the Yu Haozhang incident can be compared in military history.
Judging from past experience, the helicopter crash is basically related to the environment, climatic conditions, man-made operations, and mechanical parts at the location of the incident. A retired helicopter pilot of the Taiwan military said that piloting The difficulty of a rotary-wing helicopter is not lower than that of a fixed-wing aircraft. To become a rotary-wing aircraft pilot, you must also go through basic flight training at the Air Force Official School and have flight qualifications.
, because the helicopter flies slowly and low, and moves slowly, unlike fighters and transport aircraft, So it is an aircraft with very poor static stability. To make a very popular metaphor, it is like a person standing on a big ball, not only has to maintain balance, but also roll the ball where he wants to go.
, a retired helicopter pilot For example, it is not easy to do straight-line flight subjects in practice, and even experienced pilots cannot guarantee that they can be perfect. The reason is that the rotorcraft is easily affected by the airflow, wind direction and wind speed, plus the usual vibration of the rotorcraft. , And the shadows caused by the rotation of the rotor will make it difficult for many pilots to feel and visually judge.
And this accident is not the first time a UH-60M "Black Hawk" helicopter has accident in Taiwan.
The last time occurred on February 5, 2018. Taiwan’s “Air Crew Corps” dispatched a UH-60M helicopter (No. NA-706) to Lanyu to carry patients. The helicopter crashed within 3 minutes of taking off at 23:00 that day. Sea crash, the aircraft included the pilot, co-pilot, mechanic, patients, patients’ family members and nursing staff totaling 6 people, all of them Be killed.
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In fact, before "American Dad" sold Black Hawk helicopters to the Taiwan military, he also dropped a lot of them. As one of the most well-known 10-ton general-purpose helicopters in the world,
can be regarded as well-known from the performance of the American "Black Hawk" helicopter on the battlefield and the role of the military of various countries. Since
entered service in the late 1970s, the "Black Hawk" has successively derived more than a dozen different models and successfully exported to several countries and regions. According to incomplete statistics, more than 4000 military/civilian models of the "Black Hawk" series helicopters have been produced in the past 40 years. The
"Black Hawk" still maintains a strong vitality after 40 years, but at the beginning of its service, this helicopter has not rarely gone wrong.
From 1981 to 1984 this short four years, "blackThere have been 16 crashes of the "Eagle" series of helicopters, resulting in 22 deaths. This series of accidents even made the U.S. military at that time a certain fear of the Black Hawk, and once ordered all "Black Hawks" to be grounded for rectification.
However, the "Black Hawk" was improved several times later, and the design itself was very advanced. Therefore, after experiencing the early stumbling, the number of accidents of the "Black Hawk" series helicopters due to technical problems and mechanical failures, There is a gradual decrease trend. In these crashes, a considerable part of it is caused by human error.
Among them, 199 In 3 years, the Minnesota National Guard 1 "Black Hawk" was in flight with another The plane collided and the accident caused the death of 5 guards members.
199 In April 4, two "Black Hawk" helicopters of the US Army crashed during their mission in northern Iraq. However, the accident was mainly because the two "Black Hawks" were mistaken at the time. It broke into the no-fly zone and was mistakenly shot down by the F-15 patrolling in the area as a hostile target. The accident caused 26 deaths and was the heaviest loss among all Black Hawk helicopter accidents.
There are also examples of the "Black Hawk" helicopter being shot down on the battlefield. The most well-known is the Somali halberd that was later filmed into the movie "Black Hawk Down".
So, from the fall of the "Black Hawk" we can see that any so-called None of the "star weapons" are perfect, and its reliability cannot be foolproof. On the other hand, when the "Black Hawk" served in Taiwan in 2017, some Taiwanese media and defense experts' "claps" are true. It makes people feel ridiculous.
In December 2017, the Taiwan military purchased 60 "Black Hawk" helicopters from the United States and declared it into the army. At that time, military experts on the island clamored that the "Black Hawk" helicopter team "is responding to the PLA's landing operations. This kind of helicopter can provide logistical assistance for the Taiwan military’s attack helicopters.” The Taiwan military claimed that the “Black Hawk” helicopters can respond to different battlefield environments by conducting air assaults, evacuation of the wounded, material delivery, and military lifting. It is equipped with advanced avionics systems for missions such as landing, battlefield rescue and air command. In the future, it will continue to train and refine various flight and maintenance skills to build the army’s high-quality combat capabilities and "become one of the most powerful barriers to safeguard the security of the Taiwan Strait."
Brother Dao would like to ask these people, once the mainland decides to liberate Taiwan by force, do you think these "black eagles" can become a barrier?
Source: Miaoyidao/Huyidao
