ASSURED: The US has granted the permissions required for the sale of US technology needed to develop indigenous submarines, but other obstacles have yet to be overcome
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 08, 2018
By: William Hetherington / Staff writer, with CNA
The US Department of State has approved a marketing license needed for US
Crew members of the 2,660-tonne submarine Hai Lung stand to attention in an undated photograph. Photo Courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense
manufacturers to sell technology to Taiwan that would enable the nation to build domestic submarines, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday.
Ministry spokesman Major General Chen Chung-chi (陳中吉) said in an interview that the ministry has received reports that the state department has agreed to grant the marketing license required for the sale of technology that Taiwan needs to develop indigenous submarines.
Presidential Office spokesman Sidney Lin (林鶴明) confirmed the report, saying that the State Department notified Taiwan’s representative office in the US that it would provide the license.
This decision would not only help upgrade Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities, but would also benefit regional safety and security, Lin said. [FULL STORY]
