China’s Air Force modernization has started to create an imbalance: Taiwan
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/07
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
One of Taiwan’s F-16 fighter jets. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – All options are on the table for the new fighter jets from the United States, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday in response to media reports saying Taiwan wanted to buy 66 F-16V jets with a total price tag of US$13 billion (NT$400 billion).
The strengthening of China’s air force had started to cause a certain level of imbalance across the Taiwan Strait, military officials said at a news conference Thursday.
The ministry said its letter to the U.S. did not mention requests for any specific aircraft, but choices would be made and prices discussed according to the reply, the Central News Agency reported.
All modern jets, whether F-15, F-16, F-18 or F-35 were options to be considered, officers said.
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