{"id":3512,"date":"2018-05-17T21:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T21:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2018-05-17T21:47:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T21:47:50","slug":"taiwan-is-seeking-f-35-stealth-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/05\/17\/taiwan-is-seeking-f-35-stealth-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"TAIWAN IS SEEKING F-35 STEALTH FIGHTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/06\/F-35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1041\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/06\/F-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/06\/F-35.jpg 876w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/06\/F-35-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/06\/F-35-560x286.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/06\/F-35-260x133.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2016\/06\/F-35-160x82.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: The Diplomat<\/p>\n<p>By Franz-Stefan Gady<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s Minister of National Defense, Yen Teh-fa, has once more reiterated his country\u2019s interest in procuring the F-35B, the U.S. Marine Corps\u2019 short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of Lockheed Martin\u2019s supersonic fifth-generation fighter jet.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with local media, the defense minister stated that the F-35B matches the Republic of China Air Force\u2019s (ROCAF) requirement for a STOVL fighter aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe air force\u2019s operational requirements dictate that the next generation of fighters must possess stealth characteristics, be short take-off capable and be able to fight beyond visual range,\u201d the minister said on May 14. \u201cThe F-35 is a fine fighter and we are seeking it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Taiwanese government has not made an official request to purchase the F-35B from the United States so far.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2018\/05\/defense-minister-taiwan-is-seeking-f-35-stealth-fighter\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Diplomat By Franz-Stefan Gady Taiwan\u2019s Minister of National Defense, Yen Teh-fa, has once more reiterated his country\u2019s interest in procuring the F-35B, the U.S. Marine Corps\u2019 short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of Lockheed Martin\u2019s supersonic fifth-generation fighter jet. In a recent interview with local media, the defense minister stated that the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/05\/17\/taiwan-is-seeking-f-35-stealth-fighter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TAIWAN IS SEEKING F-35 STEALTH FIGHTER<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[48,1226],"class_list":["post-3512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","tag-f-35b","tag-taiwan","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions\/3513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}