Taiwan is hoping to acquire advanced fighter jets from the United States, preferably the F-35 stealth fighter, but upgraded F-16C/D fighters would also be an option, a Defense Ministry official said Tuesday.
Ministry of National Defense spokesman maj. gen. Luo Shou-he said Taiwan's Air Force is ideally looking for aircraft with short-take off and vertical-landing capabilities and acknowledged that "it is our goal to acquire F-35s."
He admitted that it would be nearly impossible to obtain the fighters in the short term, "but we will continue to make effort on this issue."
Luo was responding to a report that Taiwan wanted the F-35 stealth fighter and a separate report that it would not buy F-16 C/Ds.
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