Source: Global Network
[Global Network Report] According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the Taiwan military confirmed today (19th) that it will purchase the M136 "Volcano" vehicle-mounted mobile mine-laying system from the United States. In this regard, Mei Fuxing, director of the "Taiwan Strait Security Research Center" in the United States, said that this equipment has been out of production for many years, and there are no new products to purchase. The Taiwan military can only buy refurbished products that have been in service for 20 or 30 years. Extremely headache.
According to reports, Taiwan's "Army Command" confirmed today that it will purchase the US M136 "Volcano" vehicle-mounted mobile mine-laying system under the name of the "Nine Fronts Project".
reported that Mei Fuxing, the director of the "Taiwan Strait Security Research Center" in the United States, posted on Facebook today that the M136 "Volcano" vehicle-mounted mobile mine-laying system was developed by the United States in the 1980s and entered service in the 1990s. It has been discontinued for many years. . Whether it is still possible to buy new products now, or even reopen the production line for manufacturing, even if the cost can be ignored, I am afraid it is very doubtful. Mei Fuxing also said that the Taiwan military may also intend to purchase stock from the US military in order to quickly obtain and form combat power. However, for equipment that has been in service for 20 or 30 years, the "disappearing commercial source problem" (referring to the suspension of production of the original product and the inability to obtain original parts and components) is likely to cause an extremely headache for the Taiwan Army. In fact, in order to unpack and redeploy the M136 system in stock a few years ago, the U.S. military had to renovate it first to restore it to a proper condition.
Regarding this, some netizens on the island sarcastically said, "Hehe, put a mine on your head and keep it for yourself to step on for decades?" ↓
Some netizens also said that Taiwan's military buying this weapon "is a waste of people's fat and people's cream... "↓
There are also netizens who denounced: People who "hate China and Taiwan independence" on the island do not go to the army, "Who will operate so many weapons? It is just to pay protection fees to the United States and put them back in the warehouse. Let's go!" ↓
In addition, Taiwan's "Central News Agency" mentioned that the M136 "Volcano" vehicle-mounted mobile mine-laying system has the characteristics of high mobility, wide distribution area, and fast operation speed.
Online public information shows that the M136 "Volcano" mobile mine-laying system uses pre-packaged mine cartridges containing multiple anti-personnel or anti-tank mines .
According to the official website of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the "Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention" (also known as the "Ottawa Convention") expressly prohibits the use, stockpiling, production, development, acquisition and transfer of anti-personnel landmines, and requires that the stockpiled or Such mines in the ground are destroyed. If the United States sells the M136 "Volcano" mobile minelaying system to the Taiwan military, it will be suspected of violating the agreement.
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