Mati Barnhart, knitted news12/27/22 08:32 Tuesday in Tevet Tishpag
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Taiwan has announced that it will extend mandatory military service from four months to a year, this against the background of heavy military tensions with China. This is just one of several actions that will be discussed later today (Tuesday) at a meeting of the National Security Conference.
At the meeting organized by President Tsai Ing-wen, the committee is expected to examine ways to increase the island’s defense in light of the growing threat from the Chinese side. A source in Taiwan told the Reuters news agency that “China’s unilateral steps have become extremely worrisome for regional security.”
The change in the mandatory conscription will only come into effect in 2024, the source clarified, adding that the soldiers will undergo more difficult training, including training that American forces also undergo.
Recruitment was originally reduced to 4 months from 2 years in an attempt to appeal to young voters, and at a time when tensions with China had subsided. In addition, the army began to move to the structure of a professional army. But as we know, in recent years China began to threaten the island more and more, which caused the government to reexamine the recruitment policy since 2020.
As a reminder, yesterday (Monday) about 71 Chinese aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense zone, of which about 43 were fighter jets and drones that crossed the Taiwan Straits that separate the peninsula from China’s territory. According to the Central News Agency of Taiwan, this is In the largest Chinese invasion in history.
Following the invasion, Taiwanese fighter jets were sent to warn the Chinese aircraft and followed them with the air defense systems. China said in response to the news that these were only maritime attack exercises in the airspace. On the other hand, the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen announced that an emergency security meeting will be held tomorrow against the backdrop of growing tensions and the advance of Chinese military forces into her country.
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