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Should Taiwan Push to Buy F-35s?

Selling the US$100 million dollar jet to Taiwan may be more complicated than it seems.

The News Lens
Date: 2018/04/27
By: David An, Taiwan Insight

正在進行垂直降落的F-35B,由圖中可見降落時向量噴嘴朝下方轉向|Photo credit: United States Navy Public Domain

In a recent letter to President Donald Trump, dated March 26, Senators John Cornyn and James Inhofe advocated the sale of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to Taiwan.

“Taiwan has a legitimate requirement to field a modern fighter fleet to address a myriad of defense contingencies.”

The reasoning within the senators’ letter was simple and clear:    [FULL  STORY]

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