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Sunday, November 03, 2013

Apache choppers to bolster Taiwan's combat capability

AH-64E ApacheThe six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to be delivered to Taiwan on Monday will significantly bolster the military's capability to mount rapid attacks once they are commissioned into service, a military expert said Saturday.

The six AH-64Es are part of an order of 30 of the advanced American attack helicopters that Taiwan's military bought for NT$59.31 billion (US$2.01 billion) under a deal announced by United States President George W. Bush in 2008.

Taiwan will become the world's first country besides the U.S. to deploy this helicopter type when they become operational in April 2014 at air bases in northern Taiwan.

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