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TAIPEI — Taiwan is on track to take delivery of 12 anti-submarine aircraft from the United States by mid-2015 as it seeks to beef up its naval defenses against China, a report said Wednesday.
Navy Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Hsu Pei-shan spelled out the timeframe when asked by a lawmaker about a possible delay in the delivery of the aircraft, the state Central News Agency reported.
Washington agreed in 2007 to sell Taiwan the refurbished P-3C Orion patrol aircraft, which reportedly will expand the surveillance range of Taipei’s anti-submarine fleet tenfold. The P-3C fleet, which will cost just under $2 billion, is intended to replace the island’s aging S-2T anti-submarine aircraft.
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