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Monday, July 04, 2011

Taiwan deal has wings clipped

F-16 Fighting FalconThe United States is expected to announce soon that it will help Taiwan to upgrade its current F16 fighter aircraft rather than selling it more advanced versions.

Upgrading F16A/B combat planes rather than providing the more advanced F16C/Ds Taiwan wants will generate less heat from Beijing, which opposes any arms sales.

"This will be a compromise deal," said Lin Yu-fang, convener of parliament's defense committee. He has visited Washington twice in the past two years on arms deals.

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