Japanese media: Standard the nervousness of the Taiwan Strait, the United States has fattened the arms dealers

The article on August 9th, the Japanese "Asian Review of the Nikkei", the original title: Taiwan Strait's nervousness brings financial resources to the military industry, but the supply problem is forced to purchase 150 pieces from the U.S. State Department last month to be loaded on its F-35 fighter aircraft. Air -to -air missiles. The main contractor of this $ 293 million transaction is Thor Technology Company. The U.S. government claims that this will "improve Japan's ability to deal with current and future threats."

For the Department of Defense and Safety Cooperation, which is responsible for supervising foreign military sales, the Pentagon is really busy in the past few months. In the first seven months of this year, the agency has promoted 44 such transactions. Although a series of military sales may not be a direct consequence of the Russian -Ukraine conflict or the tension of the Taiwan Strait, the top US defense contractors in the United States have unanimously stated that they have seen the future international dividend.

However, this golden period is accompanied by an unfavorable factor: supply chain restrictions. Lockheed Company, Thor, Boeing, Nosro-Gluman and General Power Company, at the recent financial report, talked about the difficulties of obtaining components and labor.

Like most manufacturers, national defense contractors have established decentralized supply chains because of low cost and high efficiency suppliers are economically beneficial. "When the interruption occurs, the interruption of the epidemic, natural disasters, or international conflicts will have a widespread impact, and sometimes unexpected ways," said The war with the Russia and Ukraine was such a destructive incident. If China increases its military pressure on Taiwan Island, the situation may be more complicated.

James Tyklett, CEO of Lockheed, the world's largest defense contractor, said: "In the past three or four months, the situation of our client group has changed dramatically." He said that the increase in China's activities in the Western Pacific earlier this year was increased. It is believed that it is a "potential" concern. "Due to the recent statement and action of China, the Pacific region is in a higher alert state ... the value of deterrence is never so great." China conducts exercises. Essence

Although the prospect of selling F-35 fighters, F-16 fighters, and the recent popular high-engine rocket systems has excited Lockheed's senior management, it has been lingering since the epidemic has troubled the company's supply chain restrictions. Boeing is also similar. CET of CET of the Nosroap Corporation, Casey Wharton, said that the defense industry is at a key turning point. "We see the fundamental change of the global attitude towards national defense and national security resources ... The requirements of the requirements of the Chinese Taiwan Strait are expected to increase this urgency.

Jey Malavi, chief financial officer of Lockheed, said the company saw billions of dollars in business opportunities in international military sales. Rand's Martin warned that the restrictions on the supply chain are dangerous to the challenge of the United States and its allies to respond to China. The highly interdependence relationship generates vulnerability, and this vulnerability may have a very direct threat. (Author Ken Moriyasu, translated by Chen Junan)

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