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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Taiwan plans to buy two warships from US

USS Jarret (OHP class)Taiwan plans to purchase two warships from the United States as part of its efforts to modernise its forces against a perceived military threat from China, a lawmaker said on Friday.

The defence ministry has listed Tw$5.6 billion (US$187 million) in its 2014 and 2015 budgets to buy two Perry-class frigates from the US navy, said lawmaker Lin Yu-fang, citing defence budgets submitted to the parliament.

The ministry aimed to buy two rather than four Perry-class frigates as previously reported by the media to replace some of its Knox-class frigates that were retired, Lin said.

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