New warplanes needed to cope with threat from China: Premier

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 05 September, 2019
By: Paula Chao

Premier Su Tseng-chang says Taiwan needs to purchase new models of warplanes in order to cope

with China’s growing military threat. Su was speaking Thursday during a Cabinet meeting.

Su said that Taiwan needs advanced weapons to defend itself as China launches increasingly regular sorties of warplanes around the island. Su called a March incident in which Chinese warplanes deliberately crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line a grave threat.   [FULL  STORY]