Taiwan to arm subs with US missiles: report
- Published: 23/02/2012 at 04:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
Taiwan's navy will arm its submarines with anti-ship missiles for the first time ever beginning next year, a report said Wednesday, as the island boosts its defence capabilities against rival China.
A Dutch-made submarine of the Taiwanese navy surfaces during a drill off Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, in 2007. Taiwan's navy will arm its submarines with anti-ship missiles for the first time ever beginning next year, a report said Wednesday, as the island boosts its defence capabilities against rival China.
The Taipei-based United Daily News said the navy, which ordered the US-built Harpoon missiles in 2008, recently test-fired the weapons in the United States, in preparation for installing them on its two Dutch-built submarines.
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