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Monday, June 11, 2007

Taiwan seeks to buy US military planes


PAC-3 Patriot anti-missile system
Taiwan has for the first time confirmed it wants to buy military refuelling aircraft from the United States as part of its efforts to boost its defences against rival China, lawmakers said on Sunday.

The military told lawmakers of the plans at a closed-door hearing on Thursday of the parliamentary defence committee, said Ho Min-hau of the Taiwan Solidarity Union, an ally of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Ho, one of the committee’s leaders, told AFP the planes would “become more critical should war break out and the military airports be severely damaged.”

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