
	Where results make sense

Topic: Indigenous Defense Fighter

Related Topics

AIDC Ching kuo

	Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		IDF soldiers will not use their weapons and force to harm human beings who are not combatants or prisoners of war, and will do all in their power to avoid causing harm to their lives, bodies, dignity and property".
		IDF ethics forbid soldiers from making public political affiliations, and subsequently the IDF chief of staff announced that all the signatories would be suspended from flight duty, after which some of the pilots recanted and removed their signature.
		The IDF has historically used a strategy of demolishing houses of suicide bombers, claiming that this is a very effective prevention tactic: Would-be bombers' families sometimes prevent the bomber, sometimes even going as far as informing to the IDF, in the hope of preventing their family-member's death as well as their house being demolished.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israel_Defense_Force (3552 words)

	[Islam-Online- Science, Ideas & Technology]
		Taiwan's Cabinet is "resolved to implement the IDF variant development program beginning in 2001," said the Central Daily News, affiliated with the ruling Kuomintang party.
		The fighter would also be equipped with stealth technology materials to make it less visible to radar, it said.
		The fighter plane is the most recent addition to the Taiwanese arms race with China.
	www.islamonline.net /IOL-English/dowalia/techng-15-12/newswires3.asp (304 words)

	The Security Situation in the Taiwan Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Traditionally, China's defense strategy and force planning priorities have been determined by the need to maintain a large armed forces structure capable of responding to a wide range of internal and external missions.
		In addition, in the early 1990s, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense publicly announced plans to trim the size of the island's armed forces by 40,000 personnel by 2003, reducing the overall size of the force to around 400,000.
		The TAF's current strategy is to employ the IDF for low altitude interception and ground attack; the F-16 for mid altitude offshore interception and ground attack; and, the Mirage 2000-5 for high altitude offshore interception.
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/twstrait_02261999.html (11445 words)

	Fighter
		In the other kind of beat 'em ups, also called 'fighters', battles are fought between two characters with various strengths and weaknesses over three bouts, with the winner either knocking out the rival, causing him to leave the ring or fairing better over the majority of the bout.
		Fighters are competitive rather than cooperative, and are some of the most-played games in national and international gaming tournaments.
		Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and highly manoeuverable, and have been fitted with increasingly sophisticated tracking and weapons systems to find and shoot down other aircraft.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /FI/FIGHTER.html (4865 words)

	Fighter-pilot shortage acknowledged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Among the three types of second-generation fighter planes, the U.S.-made F-16s have the most severe shortage of qualified pilots, defense sources said.
		For two other types of new fighter planes - the domestically built Indigenous Defense Fighter and the French-made Mirage 2000-5 - conditions are not much better, sources said.
		If the supply of pilots for a certain type of fighter is calculated in this manner, the figure may not entirely reflect the truth since some planes are twin-seaters, he said.
	www.taiwanheadlines.com /20001128/20001128p7.html (451 words)

	Ching-kuo Indigenous Defense Fighter
		The twin-engine IDF is similar to the F-16 except that it is slightly smaller and has a slightly shorter range.
		The IDF is a hybrid as far as its external appearance is concerned.
		The nose of the fighter jet is a replica of the F-20A Tigershark, while ts body, wings, and vertical tail surface are apparently lifted from the F-16, and the shape of its cockpit hood and vertical tail wing and its girth near the engine inlets have a notable French flavor.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/taiwan/idf.htm (1417 words)

	IX - SOURCES OF ATTACK AIRCRAFT
		It is collaborating with IAI on aversion of the multi mode-pulse Doppler radar used in the Lavi fighter prototype.
		Probably the main catalyst for producing aircraft indigenously is the desire to be free of the external constraints that are usually part of the purchase agreement.
		The IDFs success is largely a result of a 1982 decision by the Reagan administration to bar export of new fighters to Taiwan, but leave technical assistance un restricted.
	www.fas.org /spp/aircraft/part09.htm (14268 words)

	8. National Defense - 1996 R.O.C. YearBook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In addition to current defensive preparations, a long-term policy of developing an elite fighting force and self-sufficiency in defense technology is also being strictly followed.
		The defense budget for the ROC military has been reduced annually during the past decade and has become more and more open to public scrutiny.
		The defense budget for fiscal 1996 will occupy just under 23 percent of the total government budget, down from 24.5 percent of the previous year.
	www.taiwaninfo.org /info/yb96/ch08.html (390 words)

	Defense Tech: November 2004 Archives
		Last week, Defense Tech took a look at the Army's new field manual for Counterinsurgency Operations – and how that guide seemed, at first blush, to be at odds with the assault on Fallujah.
		No details were immediately available, but Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said earlier this month that Russia expected to test-fire a mobile version of its Topol-M ballistic missile this year and that production of the new weapon could be commissioned in 2005.
		Over the weekend, the Defense Department indentified two soldiers, attached to the Stryker brigade, who were killed by a mortar strike in Mosul.
	www.defensetech.org /archives/2004_11.html (11402 words)

	Equipment Matchups: Air Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		FC-1, or Fighter China-1, is being developed by Chengdu Aircraft Company in conjunction with Pakistan, with technical assistance provided by Mikoyan OKB of Russia.
		On the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the F-CK-1 Indigenous Defense Fighter, units were shown to the public which have returned for modifications.
		The installation of the AIFF signifies the true BVR operational capability of the IDF, coupled with the TC-2 missiles, which are also beginning to enter service in larger quantities.
	www.emeraldesigns.com /matchup/newair.htm (1897 words)

	Map & Graph: Countries by Background: Background
		Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups.
		Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century.
		The 1992 Treaty of Maastricht laid the basis for further forms of cooperation in foreign and defense policy, in judicial and internal affairs, and in the creation of an economic and monetary union - including a common currency.
	www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/bac_bac (12037 words)

	Taiwan Defense Review - Preview
		The Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), formerly known as the Aero Industries Development Center and owned by the ROC Ministry of National Defense, currently stands at the portal of a major transformation, as well as on the edge of surviving privatization.
		The AIDC, with less than a year left on its production contract for the F-CK-1 Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), is now eagerly looking at new business opportunities to help tide it over the planned transition from a military-operated entity to a nationalized enterprise.
		Another main thrust is the export of the IDF fighter and/or IDF derivatives, such as a supersonic OCU trainer/light attack aircraft.
	www.tdreview.com /free3.html (1454 words)

	Fighter Plane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An F-14 Tomcat fighter plane similar to this one is scheduled to arrive at Castle Air Museum today.
		Fighter planes, re-enactors evoke wartime memories (Times of Malta)
		Two authentic wartime fighter planes, a Hurricane and a Spitfire, landed in Malta yesterday following a historic flight over Grand Harbour, the first in over 50 years.
	www.ujets.com /jet/fighter-plane.html (129 words)

	Japan, Inc.: In defense of the realm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While Japan has some of the finest military systems and equipment in the world, such as the F-15 fighter, the shipboard AEGIS antiaircraft/antimissile system and Patriot air-defense missiles, the Self-Defense Forces have insufficient depth even to accomplish a complete defense of their own nation.
		Emphasis on this aspect tended to obscure the fact that the sprawling length and breadth of Japan's airspace is a major factor in the defensibility of the nation, and that the acquisition of the AWACS system brought Japan up to par in the task of being prepared to defend it.
		Their C-130s (a 4-engine turboprop) and C-is (a two-engine jet of indigenous design) were sufficient for the task of moving personnel around the islands of Japan.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NTN/is_2003_April/ai_104732994 (1370 words)

	The 'Hybrid' of Taiwan's Airspace -- Close Up on Taiwan's IDF Fighter - Storming Media
		As far as the Taiwan air force IDF, that is, in English--Indigenous Defense Fighter, as it is abbreviated--is concerned, it was developed by the Taiwan Zhongshan Science Institute's aviation industry development center.
		Based on the analyses of relevant personages, it goes without saying that IDF fighters--from exterior shape to internal equipment--have, in all cases, integrated and applied good amounts of designs and equipment associated with other fighters and can be said to be a 'hybrid'.
		On the basis of introductions in the recent Taiwan press, the 8th flight squadron of the Taizhong Qingquangang KMT air force base held a delivery ceremony on 28 December 1994 for the first batch of 20 IDF fighters.
	www.stormingmedia.us /32/3299/A329903.html (557 words)

	Daniel Weiss
		And if you are going to be a superpower, realize that defense is in peace, it's in making sure everyone has what they need—that true peace is a result of justice.
		It's about looking at the big picture and realizing that we have a huge responsibility as a wealthy nation to this planet, and that a true defense is about defense of the planet.
		Each of the twelve STORIES holds its own private meaning for me. In one, I was able to take the color of fighter planes and ships to bring forth a story of lyrical pattern and calm, relative arrangements of shape.
	www.beyond9-11.org /weiss.htm (1348 words)

	Taiwan's Precarious Position
		A mutual defense treaty was signed in 1954, in which the United States pledged to defend Taiwan.
		The most controversial of Taiwan's recent defense pushes is its desire for Theater Missile Defense, which it would like to bring into service by 2005.
		As well, several of the defense systems Taiwan is seeking to acquire are, at least in part, dependent on space-based capabilities.
	www.gwu.edu /~spi/spacemilch2.htm (4892 words)

	AIDC Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) - Archived 2/2003
		AIDC Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) - Archived 2/2003
		Design of an all-weather air defense fighter for Taiwan’s air force was initiated in 1978 by the AIDC; the aircraft was slated to replace the island nation’s 70+ F-104 Starfighters and up to 360 Northrop F-5 lightweight fighter aircraft.
		AIDC rolled out the first IDF prototype in late 1988, and the first flight was originally scheduled for early 1989.
	www.forecast1.com /archive/ma/ma5375.htm (768 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		And it is highly unlikely that Washington, which is itself expanding its defense sales to India, will object on the same grounds to EADS or the EU's presence in India, although the commercial rivalry between them may cause tensions.
		This development is in line with India's program for reforming its indigenous defense industry through privatization and opening it up to foreign competition so that it will be forced to become more competitive and allow India to become a major weapons exporter in its own right.
		Similarly, other EU members' firms are now submitting proposals to India's Ministry of Defense to build engines and air-to-air, air defense and anti-tank missiles.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FD06Df04.html (1261 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A fighter plane being developed by the state-run Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) that is years behind in its development and has lost the interest of its only potential buyer was test-flown for the first time last week, the AIDC said yesterday.
		The fighter the air force is looking at would be largely the same as the original F-5E but with a modern radar system installed.
		The Tiger 2000 was aimed as an equivalent to the IDF, capable of carrying and firing the locally-developed medium-range Tien Chien-II air-to-air missile.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/taiwan/archives/2002/07/30/158279 (670 words)

	International Market Research - Belgian Defense Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Belgian defense industry is fully privatized and centered on the manufacturing of components, subassemblies and small arms rather than weapon systems or platforms.
		The American defense industry is well represented in Belgium, mainly with representative offices, due to the presence of a number of international organizations (NATO, SHAPE, EU Commission).
		Suppliers of defense related products, equipment and services should always remain on top of procurement plans well before the publication of RFQ's: improvements or any alterations of the requested goods are impossible beyond that point.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr109556e.html (3482 words)

	Taiwan Yearbook 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ministry of National Defense announces that a domestically developed surface-to-air missile named "Sky Bow" made a successful debut in a test firing.
		The Government Information Office and the Ministry of National Defense reiterate that the ROC has never engaged in the development of nuclear weapons.
		ROC and US defense representatives sign a letter of offer and acceptance for the ROC's purchase of 150 F-16A and F-16B jet fighters from the United States.
	www.gio.gov.tw /taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/P545.htm (6393 words)

	Geopolitical Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Among those replaced are the defense minister, the commander-in-chief of the regular army and his four deputies, 11 senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and five commanders of the paramilitary Mobilization of the Dispossessed.
		Zarqawi's fighters were killing officials and civilians seen as government-allied or anti-Islamic, witnesses, residents and others said.
		Recent movements of US forces into the Al Anbar province and the northern ratlines may have sent fighters in exodus to concentrate at Qaim, for a measure of local superiority.
	www.geopoliticalreview.com (10045 words)

	Johnson-Freese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the case of the former, though much of the Chinese program remains cloaked in secrecy due to both the nature of the Chinese system and the military aspects of the topic, considerable agreement exists among technical analysts concerning Chinese capabilities, now and potentially in the future.
		There has been speculation that Chen Long, a thirty-year-old fighter pilot, is to have the honor of being the first Chinese into space.
		The change was part of an effort to become more competitive, in which the Chinese government reformed the top defense and technology corporations, like CAC, which was a large state-owned enterprise under direct supervision of the State Council.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2003/Summer/art2-su3.htm (8638 words)

	Sinorama November 1997 - Sea Change: ROC Naval Modernization and the Defense of Taiwan (Page 7/9) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In contrast to the large number of PRC subs, Taiwan has only four, of which only two are operational (two are for training).
		This is probably the greatest weakness in Taiwan's naval defenses.
		The navy anticipates that, with no other choice, it may have to follow the example of the Ching-kuo Indigenous Defense Fighter, and manufacture a submarine with imported technology.
	www.taiwaninfo.org /info/sinorama/en/8611/611006e7.html (479 words)

	National Defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Research and development of national defense technology is crucial to national defense modernization.
		The MND issued the Defense Science and Technology Development Plan °ê¨¾¬ì§Þµo®i¤è®× to strengthen cooperation between the academic and industrial sectors.
		With its two subdivisions, the Academic Cooperation Group ¾Ç³N¦X§@¤p²Õ and the Industrial Cooperation Group ¤u·~¦X§@¤p²Õ, the ECDDST uses academic resources for defense technology research and employs the industrial sector to develop and manufacture weapons and equipment.
	www.roc-taiwan.org /taiwan/5-gp/yearbook/2002/chpt08-6.htm (582 words)

	U.S. Arms Clients Profiles--Taiwan
		Taipei's defense budget has grown significantly since 1985 and now stands at about $7.4 billion a year.
		Taiwan has bought advanced fighter jets, attack helicopters, and numerous missiles; future plans include a major tank procurement program and possible participation in a U.S. theater missile defense system.
		Speech by Richard Lawless, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs, to the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference, 13 February 2003.
	www.fas.org /asmp/profiles/taiwan.htm (1642 words)

	WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TALIBAN
		The idea that the Afghans somehow needed fighters from outside their culture was deeply flawed and ignored basic historical and cultural facts.
		Each conquest brought the Taliban new equipment and munitions--from rifles and bullets to tanks and MiG fighters, for their continued advance.(49) The Taliban maintained their momentum and quickly seized large swathes of Afghanistan.
		Former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Julie Sirrs gained access to Taliban prisoners held by Ahmed Shah Masud; among them were several Pakistani mercenaries.
	meria.idc.ac.il /journal/2002/issue1/jv6n1a1.html (7321 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)